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PARLIAMENTARY

O R
CONSTITUTIONAL

Hiftory of England,

From the earlieft TIMES,

T O T H E

Refutation of King CHARLES II.

COLLECTED

From the RECORDS, the ROLLS of Parliament, the JOURNALS
of both Houfes, the Public LIBRARIES, Orignial MANU-
SCRIPTS, fcarce SPEECHES, and TRACTS ; all compared
with the fevcral Contemporary Writers, and connected,
throughout, with the Hiftory of the Times.

By SEVERAL HANDS.

THESECOND EDITION.

IN TWENTY-FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. XVII.

From the Declaration upon the Vote againft any further Application to
the King, in February, 1647, to Cromwell's March into Scotland in
September, 1648.

L O N D O N,

Printed for J. and R. TONS ON, and A. MILLAR, in the
Strand; and W. SAND BY, in Fleet-Jlreet,
MDCCLXIIi.

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THE

PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY

OF

ENGLAND.

H E Commons had been long em- An a Car
ployed in framing a Declaration to ,647.

go along with the Vote's' of both * y

Houfes, paffed on the 1510 of Ja- February,
nuary laft, againft any further Ap-
plication to the King, or receiving
any Meflages from him ; the Aim of which was
to fatisfy the whole Kingdom of the Necef-
fity and Juftice of their Proceedings againft
his Majefty. There had been many Divifions
of the Houfe on the feveral Additions and Al-
terations in this Declaration ; which being, at
length, fully fettled, on the nth of February a
Motion was made, That the fame do pafs, which
was carried in the Affirmative, by 80 Voices againft
50 : The Tellers on this remarkable Occafion
were, for the Queftion, Sir Arthur Hefelrigge and
Sir Peter Wentwortb ; againft it, Sir "John Evelyn
of Surrey and Mr. Bulkeley, Next it was ref.lv ed
that this Declaration be forthwith printed and pub-
Ijfhed : and it was particularly referred to the Care
VOL. XVII. A of

1272165

February.

The Commons
publish their
Reafons for de-
clining any fur-
ther Application
to the King.

the Parliament dry ti i S T o R Y

of-Mr. Life and Mr. Cbalorur (a), to fee that tho
fame be truly and well printed ; all the Members
were alfo required to fend Copies thereof to bepubp-
lilhcd and difperfed in the refpeftive Places far
which they ferved.

Mr. Rufiworth informs us that great Care was
taken, in the framing of this Declaration, that all
the Particulars thereof might be warranted by fuf-
ficient Proofs ; and adds; That it was worthy of
every good Subject's ferious and mature Confidera-
tion ; out as he has only mentioned the Heads
thereof, we (hall give the whole at large from the
original Edition publifhed by Order of the Houfc
of Commons only (*) ; the Concurrence of the
Lords not having been defired for that Purpofe.

A DECLARATION of the COMMONS of England
In Parliament agaubled, expreffing their Reafons
and Groithds ofpajjing the late Resolutions touching
no farther Addrefs or Application to bt made to the
King.

HO W fruitlefs our former Addreffes have
been to the King, is fo well known to the.
World, that it may be expedled vye fhould now
declare why we made the laft, or fo many be-
fore, rather than Why we are ivfolved to make
no more.

* We cannot acknowledge any great Confidence
that our Words could have been more perfralive
with him than Sighs and Groans, ; the Tears and
crying Blood (an he;avy Cry. j). the Blood of Fa-
thers, Brothers, and Children at once ; the Blood
of many hundred thoufand Free-bdrn Subjects in
three great Kingdoms, which Cruelty itfelf could
not but pity todeftroy.

' We muft not be fo unthankful, to, God, as to
forget we never were forced to any Treaty ; nnd
yet we have no lefs than feven Times made fuch

' Applications

(a) Afterwards two of the King's Judge*.

(b) Linden printed for Edward tiujbandt Printer to the Honourai.e
Hoofc of Commons, February 15, 1647.

9f ENGLAND. 3

* Applications to the King, and tendered fuch Pro- An. 23 Car. I,

* pofitions, that might occafion the World tojudget l647' ,

* we have not only yielded up our Wills and Affec- February.
' tions, but our Reafon alfo and Judgment, for ob-

* taining any true Peace or good Accommodation.

' But it never yet pleafed the King to accept of

* any Tender fit for us to make, not yet to offer

* any fit for us to receive.

* It is very well known that the Propofitions fent
' to the King at Oxford, and treated on at Uxbridgey
' were agreed on by the Parliaments of both King-

* doms, not only as juft, but neceflary alfo for the
' very Being of thefe Kingdoms in a fettled Peace

* and Safety.

' And altho* the King's perfifting in his wonted

* Ways and Denials, might have caufed us to im-

* prove the Advantage of that great Succefs which

* it pleafed God to afford us, yet when his Armies

* were all broken, fo that, in Difguife, he fled from

* Oxford to the Scots at Newer k, and from thence :

* went to Neivcaftle ; and that Oxford, and almoft

* all his Garrifons were taken, we tendered, at
1 Newcaftle, Propofitions, the fame in effect with

* thofe which had been prefented before in the
' Midft of all his Strength and Forces.

* And notwithftanding this Change of his Condi-
' tion, and Denial of thofe Propofitions, after he
' was left to the Commiflioners of Parliament, and

* our Brethren of Scotland quietly departed home j

* after all his Garrifons taken, and no vifible Force

* in the whole Kingdom appearing for him, the
' King being at the fole Difpofal of the Parliament
' without Difpute ; yet even then the fame Propofi-
' tions were again prefented to him at Hampton-
« Court.

' In all which AddrefTes the Commiflioners of

* Scotland agreed with us, and joined with our

* Commiflioners in attending the King.

* The King not granting our Propofitions, but
' ftill giving fuch ftrange, unexpected, and con-
' ditional Anfwers or Denials, it might juftly have

* made us con£der&me other Courfe for fettling

A 2 * the

'The Parliamentary HISTORY

' the Kingdom in Peace and Safety, without any

* further Application ; which was alfo fo far agreed

* by our Brethren of Scotland, at their leavingj/w

* caftle, that their Commiflioners declared, in cafe
' the King confented not to the Propofitions, yet
' they would maintain the Treaties and Union

* made between the Kingdoms.

' But fo defirous were wn of his Concurrence in
« the Settlement of the Kingdom's Peace, that

* we yet again refolved upon another Addrefs, and

* did fo qualify the faid Propofitions, that, where
' it might ftand with the Public Safety, his wonted
' Scruples and Objections were prevented or re-
' moved.

' And altho' we could not forget how dangerous

* and void of Succefs our former Treaties had

* been, and that a perfonal 7'reaty- had been de-
' clared, by both Houfes and the Commillioners of
' Scotland^ to be unfafe, without Security and Satif-

* faftion firft given ; yet we alfo yielded to that, on

* Condition the King would fign but four Bills,

* which we judged not only juft and honpurable,
' but neceflary even for prefent Peace and Safety
4 during fuch a Treaty.

* We have Caufe enough to remember j that he

* fometimes denied to receive our humble Petitions
' for Peace ; and when we defired him to appoint
' fome Place for a Committee of both Houfes to
' attend him with Propofitions for Peace, he named

* Wmdfori promifing to abide thereabouts till they

* came unto him ; but prefently marched forward,
'.that very Night, fo near London, that he had a-1-
' moft furprized it, while he had fo engaged him-
' felf for a Treaty, had not fome few of our Foot
' at Brainfordy with invincible Courage, expofed
« themfclves to apparent Death, till his Army was

* forced to retire in Fear and Shame, with the
c Guilt of moft inhuman and barbarous Cruelties
' committed at Brainford, to afiure London what it
« muft have expected, had not God prevented thofe

* bloody Defigns.

« And

of ENGLAND. 5

* And we well remember, that the Kin^ °nce An'^3 Car<

* fent us a fpeciou? MelTagc of renewing a Treaty, L ^ *!.'^

* when at the fame Time his Meflenger was irk- February,

* ftrucled how to manage that bloody MaiFacre in
' London, which was then defined by virtue of the

* King's Commiffion, fmcepublimeci,

4 And, about the Time of the Treaty at Ifx*

* bridge^ he excufed himfelf to the Queen by a Let*
' ter under his own Hand, as forced to that Trea-

* ty by the mutinous Motions of his mungn-1 Par-

* liament at Oxford; and that he could not rind

* any twp of them of his Mind, elfe he would not

* have acknowledged us for the Parliament oi Engi
' land; v/hich yet he did with a Protection, enter-r
4 ed into the Council-Books, That his calling us
4 fo, did not make us a Parliament.

' All which was but fmall Encouragements

* a^ain to make ourfelyes his Spprt or Scorn by

* any other Treaty ; yet we rjow yielded to this
' alfo.

' But nptwithftanding this arjd all former Ten-
' ders, we have now received fuch a Denial, that
' we are in Defpair of any Good by AddreiTes to the

* King, neither mult we be fo injurious to the Peo-
' pie, in further delaying their Settlement, as any

* more to prefs his Confcnt to thefe or any other
4 Propositions,

' Nor can we fee why it fhould be expe&ed a

* new Engagement could prevail on him, or oblige

* him more ftrongly to the Kingdom, than the

* folemn Oath ot" his Coronation, and the Tev.cral

* other Vows, Proteftatjons, and Imprecations i'--

* frequently by him broken, during his whole
' Reia;n, and fo often renewed before God "and the
« whole World.

* We may be the more jufUfied hprein by tiioic

* that know what palled between the King and

* our Brethren the Scots, when thofc Articles were
' agreed and confi.med in the fini: Pacitication,

* not long before thefe Wars ; v/hich, as foon as

* their Backs were turned, and their Armies out
4 of Sight, were dilavowed again by "the King, and

A 3 <by

"fbe Parliamentary fi i s T o R Y

hjs Command publickly burnt at London by
« the Hands of the Hangman.
February, ' Which yet might have been forgotten, had not

* a continued Track of Breach of Truft to the three

* Kingdoms, fince he wore the Crown, made us,

* though unwilling, to remember it.

' We take no Pleafure to repeat our own Mi-
c feries, or others Mifchief, it it might be hidden or

* forgotten ; but we are now forced to fpeak what
' hath long been fuffered in too much Silence—

* The King himfelf, in publkk Speeches and

* Declarations, hath laid a fit Foundation for all

* Tyranny, by this moft deftrudlive Maxim or

* Principle, which he faith he mufl avow, That he

* trweth an Account of bis Aftions to none but God

* alone ; and that the Houfes of Parliament, joint or
6 feparate^ have no Power either to make or declare
4 any Law.

* The private Articles agreed, in order to the

* Match with Spain^ and thofe other private Artir

* cles upon the French Marriage, fo prejudicial to

* the Peace, Safety, Laws, and Religion here efta-

* blifhed,and the continued Correipondence which

* hath fince been carried on with Ronif^ are fo evi-
4 dent as cannot be denied.

« We cannot but call to Mind the Proceedings
c and Paffaces of the Parliament held in the fecond
' Year of this King's Reign, concerning the Death

* of his Royal Father.

* The loth of May i 1626, the Houfe of Com-
.* mons charged the Duke of Buckingham^ among

* other Things, in thefe Words, viz.

" Whereas the fworn Phyilcians of our late So-

" vereign Lord King James, of blefled Memory,

" attending on his Majefty in the Month of March,,

*'• in the twenty- fecond Year of his moft glorious

*' Reign, in the Times of his Sicknefs, being an

" Ague, did, in due and neceflary Care of and for

<e the Recovery of his Health, and Prefervation of

" his Perfon, upon and after feveral mature Con-

'? fultations in that Behalf had and holden at feve-

** ral Times in the fame Month, refolve, and aave

4 ENGLAND.

4t Directions, That nothing ftpuld be. applied or An\*3/t Jar*
<c given unto his Highnefs, by way of Phyfic or
4' Diet, during his faid Sicknefs, but by and upon.
44 their general Advice and Confents : And, after
44 good Deliberation thereof firft had, more efpe-
44 cially by their like Care and upon like Confirta-
44 tions, did juftly refolve and publickly give Warn-
44 ing to and for all the Gentlemen and other Ser-
*4 vahts and Officers of his faid late Majefty's Bed-
44 chamber, That no Meat or Drink whatfoever
44 fliould be given unto him within two br three
44 Hours next before the ufual Time of and for tht
*4 coming of his Fit in the faid Ague, nor during the
,44 Co'uinuance thereof, nor afterwards, until his
44 cad Fit was paft ; the faid Duke of Buckingham
44 being a fworn Servant of his late Majefty, of and
4' in his M.ijefty's faid Bedchamber, contrary to his
44 Duty, and the tender Refpect which he ought to
44 have had of his Majefty's moft facred Perfon, and
44 after the Confutations, Refolutions, Directions,
44 and Warning; aforefaid, did nevertheless, with-
44 out any fufficiewt Warrant in that Behalf, unduly
44 caufe and procure certain Plaifters, and a certain
44 Drink or Potion to be provided for the Ufe of his
cc faid Majefty, without the Direction 'or Privity of
44 his faid late Majefty's Phylicians, not prepared
44 by any of his Majefty's fworn Apothecaries or
44 Surgeons, but compounded of feveral Ingredients
44 to them unknown ; notwithstanding the fame
44 Planter, or fome Plaiftcr like thereunto, having
*4 been formerly adminiftered unto his faid Ma-
" jefty, 'did procure luch ill Effects, as that
44 fome of the faid fworn Phyficians did altogether
44 dilailow thereof, and utterly refufed to meddle
44 any further with hLs faid Majefty until thofe Plai-
44 fters were removed, as being prejudicial to the
44 Health of his Majefty j yet, nevcrthelefs, the
44 fame Plaifter, as alfo a Drink or Potion, was
44 provided by him the faid Duke, which he the
44 faid Duke, by Colour of fome inefficient and
44 flight Pretences, did, upon Monday the 2ift Day
A 4 4< of

8 Tfo Parliamentary H i s T Q R y

An. *3dr.I. " of March, in the twenty-fccond Year aforefaid*
v * *7 ' , *4 when his Majefty, by the Judgment of his faid
February. ft Phyficians, was in the Declination of his Dii-
44 eafe, caufe and procure the faid Plainer to be ap^
44 plied to the Breaft and Wrifts of his faid late Ma-
44 jefty ; and then alfo, at and in his Majefty 's Fit
" of his faid Ague, the fame Monday , and at feveral
44 Times, within two Hours before the coming of
*' the fame Fit, and before his Majefty's then cold
** Fit was paft, did deliver, and caufe to be deliver-
" ed, feveral Quantities of the faid Drink or Po-
*4 'ion to his late Majefty j who thereupon, at the
f4 Time Times, within the Seafons in that Behalf
" prohibited by his Majc-fty's Phyficians as atore-
?' faid, did, by the Means and Prpcurem nt of
" tae faid Duke, drink and, take divers Quan-
" tities of the faid Drink pr Potion, applied and
*' given unto, and taken and received by, his faid
c' Majefty -,s afor aid, great Diftempers and.divcrfe
" ill Symp'Q ns appeared, upon his faid Majefty ;
" infomuch that th V id Phyficians finding his Ma-
" jefty the next M >rning much worfe in the Eftate
" o'his Health, and holding a Confultation there-
" about, did, by jjiia Confcnt, fend unto the faid
" Duke, praying him not to adventure to minifter
*'• unto his Majtfty any more Phyfic without their
*c Allowance and Approbation ; and his faid Ma-
" jefty hithfelf, finding himfelf much difeafed and
*k aiflidled with Pain and Sicknefs after his then Fit,
" when, by the Courfe of his Difeafe, he expected
" Intermiflion and Eafe, did attribute the Caufe of
" fuch his Trouble unto the faid Plaifter and Drinlt,
" which the faid Duke had fo given, and caufed to
"f be idminiftered unto him ; which faid advent-
" rous A£l, by a Perfon obliged in Duty and
" Thankfulnefs, done to the Perfon of fo great a
46 King, after fo ill Succefs of the like formerly
44 adminiftered, contrary to fuch Directions as afore-
tl faid, and accompanied with fo unhappy an Event,
" to the great Grief and Difcomfort of all his
V Maje.fty's Subjeds in general, is an Offence ami

cf ENGLAND, 9

'" Mifdemeanor of fo high a Nature, as may juftly An. 23 c
*'• be called, and is by the faid Commons, deemed
<c to be, an A6t of tranfcendent Prefumption, and,
" of dangerous Confequence."

' And delivered it at a Conference to the Lords.

* After which the King came into the Lords

* Houfe and took Notice of that Charge, and told
' them he could be a Witnefs to clear him in every

* one of them ; unto which Charge no Anfwer
' came in until the 8th of June following ; and
' the loth Day after, it was ordered by the Houfe
? of Peers to be communicated to the Houfe of
' Commons : But while the Houfe was preparing
' to fend up their Proofs, upon wl.ich they declared,

* That they doubted not but to have Judgment againji
' the faid Duke, the King exprefled a fudden Pur-
' pofe to diflblve the Parliament. And although
' the Houfe of Peers petitioned for its Continuance,

* expreffing their great and univerfal Sorrow for hi*

* Intentions to diflblve it ; yet, notwithftandingali
f this, the faid Parliament was diflblved the 15^1
' Day of the fame June.

* At the fame Time alfo, during the Parliament^

* Sir Dudley Diggs, and Sir John Elliot^ who ipe

* cially managed that Conference and Examina-
« tions, were committed clofe Prifoncrs to the

* Tower, within two Days after the faid( Charge,

* by Warrant under the King's own Hand.

* And Meflages and Interruptions were conftant-

* ly fcnt from the King to the Houfes while they

* had the faid Charge in Agitation 3 and the ftur-

* liament being diflblved before Juftice could be
' done, there never was any legal Inquiry made,
4 at any Time fince, concerning the Death of the
« faid King.

4 We leave the World now to judge where the

* Guilt of this remains.

* We can fully (hew how Rocbelle was by him

* betrayed, and thereby a fatal Blow given to the
' Proteftant Caufe in France. How alfo he lent
? diverfe .of the Navy Royal, and other Merchant

* Ships,

I o The Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 13 Car. I. « Ships, to the French King, to be employed again$
x --*^7' .» ' thofe whom he was engaged to have affifted.
February. * And, when forne of the Commanders and others
' in thofe Ships were fo much Englijh as to difputc

* thofe Orders, we can fhew the King's Letter

* under his own Hand to Capt. Pennlngton^ to put

* them into the Service of the French King, or to

* fink them in cafe of Refufal.

' We cannot forget the Defigns to enflave us by
c the German Horfe, (that we fay nothing of the

* late Spavijh Fleet, with a great Army "herein,

* brought into the Datvnsy 163^) arid to grind us
' by inforced Loans, Privy-Seals, Coat and Con-
4 dirtft-Money, inlarging of Forefts, inclofing of
' Commons, ingrofling of Gunpowder, with innu-
' merable Patents and Monopolies of Malt, Salt,
4 Sea-coil, Soap, Leather, Wine, Sugar, Allom,
' Farthings, Pins, Tobacco and almoft ail Things

* elfe ; together wLh that one Compendium of all

* Oppreffion and Slavery, called Ship-Money.

' The Torture of our Bodies, by moft cruel

* Whippings, flitting of Nofes, cutting off Ears,

* branding of Cheeks, Racks, and Pillories, with

* clofe Imprifonment at Pleafure, might be the

* fooner forgotten, had not our Souls been alfo

* lorded over, led Captive into Superftition and

* Idolatry ; triumphed on by Oaths ex OJficio, Ex-

* communications, ceremonious Articles, new Ca-

* nons, Canon Oaths, &c.

' One Thing more was found to make us worfe

* than Slaves, in that we might not hope for Li-

* berty : The very Name of Parliament became fo

* odious at the Court, that if in twelve Years Time
' there was fo much as one fummoned, it ferved
' but to fhew the lawlefs Power of thofe that could
4 not be content only to diflblve it at Pleafure, but
6 we muft be forbidden, by Proclamation, to fpeak

* or hope for another Parliament : And, at fuch
1 Diflblutions, there was no Privilege ftrong

* enough to fecure the Clofets, Cabinets, Pockets,
« and Pcrfons cf thofe that, in Duty and Con-

' fcience,
4

(^ENGLAND. II

1 fcience, did but vote or a£t as Men above meer An- 23 Car. t.

* Slaves : This was Fault enough for clofe Impri* ^_J_ ^ ^

* fonmem and Death; for that hath alfo rbllvved. February.

* Nor was it enough thus to enflave one King*-
' dom ; but the fame Projectors who had fo en-
' thralled England, muft contrive alfo to reduce
' Ireland, and conform Scotland, that fo the ming-

* ling of Neighbouring Tears might, by Sympatny,

* increase each others Woe.

4 Scotland vtz.s to be the firft Scene; where anc\v

* Liturgy, with new Canons, are to make the Pro-

* logue to the following Act.

4 This not fucceeding as was hoped, an Army
£ muft be raifed to force Compliance ; but, by the
1 Mediation of the Engli/J) Lords, a Pacification is

* concluded, and it neld till the King'-s Return to
4 Court made him forget and difavow it; but the

* burnt Articles left Ames enough to beget a new
4 Flame.

4 There wanted but a Form of Law to make all

* juft; for this and for Supply, not for Advice, a
' Parljament is ventured on ; yet with Provifo, that
4 it mould not hurt, although it would not help ;

* and not complying (as was hoped to afiift that

* War againft the Scots") was Crime enough to

* merit DifTolution, with a falfe and fcandalous

* Declaration in the King's Name.

*• The Parliament being diffolved, the King took
' from his Subjects by Power what he could not

* otherwife obtain.

' We need not tell the World how, in the Midft
' of all our Miferies, the Scots, our Brethren, en-

* tered with a powerful Army, marching on as
' Friends, till they were foiced to make their Paf-

* fage over Tyne.

' It was then thought ncceflfary by the King to
4 fumtnon this prefent Parliament ; in which we
4 did proceed with Eafe fo long as there was but
4 any Hope we would comply with him againft the

* Scots, and give Afliftance to that War.

4 But he quickly found it vain to hope to be fup-

* plied by us againft the Scots ; And when we be-

12 ¥be Parliamentary HISTORY

An. *3 Car. I. « gan (O Confider how we came to be again invoU

v ' *7' < * ved in a new War, notwithftanding the late Paci-

Februarj. ' fication, we fawit impoffible to quafh thofe perni-

4 cious Councils at the prefent, or to prevent them

4 for the future, without queftioning their Authors,

' At this the King difcovered himfelf fo ftrongly

* and paffionately affected to fuch malignant Coun-

* fellors, and their Counfels, that he would fooner
' defert or force his Parliament and Kingdom, than
' alter his Courfe, and deliver up his wicked Coun-
4 fellors to Law and Juftice.

4 By this Time the Queen's pious Defign (as
' they termed it) to advance Popery was almoft
4 ready for the Birth, being helped much by a

* Popifh Faft, enjoined weekly by the Pope's Nun-

* cio, and by Letters from Secretary li^indebank^
4 who durft not abide Examination ; but, after he
4 was queftioned by the Houfe of Commons, got a
4 Pafs from the King to go beyond Sea.

4 What was done abroad will hereafter appear \
4 although the King made light of all our Intelli-

* gence from foreign Parts, yet he could not fa

* well avoid or deny the Commiflions given at
4 Court to Popifh Agents for private Levies ; or
' that the Papifts began to rile and arm themfelves

* in the North Welt of England and Wale:, till

* they were fupprefied ; or that there were Regi-
4 ments raifmg and lifting in London? and Parts

* adjoining, under Pretence of Soldiers for Portu-
i gal; or that fome of thefe came to feize and pof-
4 fefs themfelves of the Tower ^ and the Lieutenant

* threatened for refufing them j all which he knew
4 might be efficiently proved.

1 To the like pious Defign we may refer the

* great Cabal for bringing up the Northern Army
4 to overawe the Parliament, which the King dia
4 fo often and folemniy difavow, as nothing but
» loofe,Difcourfesof a modeft Petition, which alfo
4 vanifbed two or three Months, he faith, before
4 we knew it.

4 But he now knoweth we can prove the chief
4 Part of that Cabal came from himfcll" to the

cf E N G L A N D. 13

and that feme of them did difluade him A«- M
from his Way, becaufe it was fo fliarp and high,
exceeding the Limits of Honour and Law : And
yet their Proportions, which were the lower Way,
\vere much above the Size of Petitions, as they are
already publifhed in their own Confeffions. And
it is very ftrange Mr. Piercy^ Sir John Suckling,
and Mr. Jermyn (fentaway by the King's fpecial
Warrant) fhould fly beyond Sea only upon Dil-
covery of a modeft Petition.
' But notwithstanding any DiiTuafions, yet the
King perfifted in his Way ; fo that, after this,
there was appointed a Meeting of Officers at
Borougbbrldge^ and Propofitions made, with pri-
vate Inftrudions brought from the King, by fome
that told them they were unwife to (hew their
Teeth, except they would bite ; and that the
King would pawn his Jewels for them, would
they be faithful to him ; and if they marched for-
ward, they {hould be met by the Prince and the
Earl of Newcaftle, with a good Body of Horfe ;
and that the French alfo would be ready to aflift
them.

* This was in April, and we had Notice of this
in the Beginning of May ; when alfo there was
a Defign for fome French to have feized on Portf-
moutb, whither the Queen was then going ; but
the Ports were better fecured by a fpecial Com-
mittee.

* So far was it alfo from vanifhing divers
Months before our Notice, that fome of thofe
Cabalifts, after Examination by us, were agaia
attempted by the King, and fome of them fent
again to the Army with new Inftru£Hons and Di-
re&ions-, figned by the King himfelf, as moft
clearly appeareth by comparing the 'Journals of
.Mtfy 1641, with the Months following ; toge-
ther with the Timefpecified in the Confenlons of
Sir 'Jacob Ajttey, Sir John Ccnytr:, Colonel Leggt
and others, already publifhed.

* And when there was yet Demur among the
Chief Officers, there went another Aeeut from

11 Court

¥be Parliamentary HISTORY

r* * Court to quicken them, and treat of fome

tions figned by the King ; but he was to go far-
Februaiy. ' ther, the Stots Army being then at Newcajlle.

' What Offers were made to them of the Plun-

* der of London, if they would advance, or of four1
' Northern Counties, with 300,^000 /. or Jewels of

* great Value, but to ftand Neuters in that De-

* iign, is already declared by fome who may better

* know the Proportions made by O'-Neil^ (who

* brake Prifon here) Sir John Henderfan^ and others,

* with Letters of Credence from the King. Afcr

* that he was fo refolute to go into Scotland^ that

* he could not be perfuaded, by our Petitions, to
4 defer that Journey; and though in the Year
' 1641^ he was not pleafed to leave fuch a Com-

* mi/lion as the Parliament defired of him, yet was

* he pleafad before, in the Year 1639, to intruft
*• Secretary IVlndebanke^ a known Favourer of Pa-
« pifts, with blank Sheets, both of Parchment and

* Paper, figned with his Sign Manual, which were

* employed by him for difpofing great Commands

* by Land and Sea.

' It is well known what Letters the King fent

* into Ireland by the Lord Dillon^ immediately be-

* fore the Rebellion ; and where the Great Seal of
' Scotland was, and in whofe Hands, when that

* Commiflion was fealed at Edinburgh to the Irifly
6 Rebels,, who difperfed Copies thereof in Ireland,
c with Letters or Proclamations ; and we have a

* Copy thereof, attefted by Oath, with Depofkions
e alfo of thofe who have feen it under the Seal :
*• Which Commiflion was promiffed (as fome of

* the chiefeft Rebels conflfed) to the IriJbCom-

* mittee ztLondon^ for the moft Part Papifts, (which

* was thought a good Omen) and fmce mofta&ive

* Rebels ; upon whofe private Mediations the

* King gave away more than five Counties ; faying,

* 'That he expected they Jhould recompense him fome-
' other Way ; and, that he would willingly grant all

* their De/fres, but he was opprejjed by the Parlia-
'• ment in England, of whom he wijhed that he uuld

* be revenged.

' It

9f. E N G L A N D. 15

* It hath formerly been declared, how we defrred- An. 13 Car. t.
and prefled the King to difband that Irljb
Popifh Army, which (as was cleared at the Earl
of Stratford's Trial) was raifed to reduce the
Kingdoms : But fomet'imes he would give no
Anfwer at all j and fometimes did plainly tell us,
He could not difband it, for Reafons beft known t»
himfelf. Sometimes the Scots muft firfl difband
and then there was a new Pretence of diverfa
Regiments promifed to Spain ; for which the
King was engaged) and could not go back.
Which we now wonder not at; for by the Cqn-
feffion of Macarte and M&cguir4^ with others, it
is clear, that this Pretence of Men for the King
o£ Spain's Service, was but a Colour to keep fome
in Arms for a, Foundation of that Rebellion ; and
that ibme of the Committee coming from London^
contrived this Plot for Defence of the King, who
was then, they faid, fo much injured in England
and Scotland.

« And the firft Claufe of that Oath enjoined by-
the General Council of Rebels was, To bear true-
Faith and Allegiance to King Charles, and by. all
Means, to maintain bis Royal Prerogative againft
the Puritans ins the Parliament of England.
' And although we declared to the King^ That
they ftyled themfelves the King's or Queen's
Army, yet we coujd not obtain a. Proclamation?
againil them in divers Months ; and then alfo
but forty Copies might be printed, and exprefs
Order given, That none fhould. be publifhed till
his further Directions, as appeareth under hi>
own Secretary's Hand.

' Which might very well ftand with the Letters-
from Court to. the Lord Muskerry^ a.great Rcbei
in MunJltPji who was allured his Majefty was*
well plcafcd with what he did, and would iri
Time trjvc him Thanks for it, although, for the
prefent, it did riot then (land with the Convenience

* of the King's Affairs to give, him public Counte-
c nance : and this was afterwards made good bys,

* the King, who, in one of the Letters taken at

* Nafeby,

1 6 '-fe Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 43 Car, I. < Nafeby, commandeth the Earl of Ormond to give
t l647' , ' particular Thajiks to the faid Mujkerry and
February. * P^nket^

' We may yet rember how the Earl of Let-

* cefter.'was delayed and detained by the King,
4 beyond all Pretence, from going agairifl the
« Rebels.

* How alfo the King refufed a Commiffion, of-

* ten aflced by both Houfes, for the Lord Brook?

* and the Lord JVhdrton ; when, at feveral Times,

* there were large Provifions made for Relief of

* Munfter, and other Parts fo much diftrefted, that

* Limerick was wholly loft.

* But when the Rebels wanted Commanders at
' their very Beginning, we have long fmce named

* divers Papifts and Perfons of Quality that, by the

* King's fpecial Warrants, after the Ports were

* {hut by both Houfes of Parliament^ pafied hence,
« and headed the faid Rebels.

* And we likewife named Commanders and

* Officers, whom the King called off from their
' Truft againft the Rebels, and (hips from their

* Guards at Sea, that fo the Rebels might be fup-

* plied with foreign Aids: Befides, all the Arms
' and Ammunition they had from the King's Ma-

* gazine there, and from hence alfo by the Earl of

* Antrim, Lord Aboyn, and others from the Queen ;

* although the Council of Ireland^ defiring feme

* Pieces of Batteries from hence for the poor Pro-

* teftants there, could not obtain them from the

* King ; but fome of our Ships fent to relieve them,
' were feized by his Men of War (as the Cloaths

* and other Provifions by Land) and fold or ex-
' changed for Arms and Ammunition for the King;

* and the Rebels gave Letters of Mart for taking

* the Parliament's Ships ; but freed the King's as

* their very good Friends.

' Let the World now judge how much Reafon

* we had to believe the Rebels, when they did fo

* often fwear they did nothing without good Au-'

* thority and Commiflion from the King ; fo.tllat

* Sir Pbdlm OlNeiI would not be perfuaded Ge-

' neral

tf E N G L A N D. 17

* neral Lefley had any Authority from the King Aj»' 23 Car. I.]
« againft tne Rebels. . ' 47' ,

« Diverfe Months alfo before it began, there was February.

* Information given, upon Oath, to the Archbifhop
' and others of the King's Council, That there
' was a great Defign among the Papifts for a gene-
' ral Maflacre of all the Proteftants in Ireland and

* England alfo, and that a great Royal Perfon had
' a Hand in it ; but it was to be managed by Di-
' re6lion from the Pope.

.* And befides the King's Letters to the Pope,

* when he was in Spain, and others, long fmce his

* Return, on the Behalf of the Duke of Lorrain9

* (which muft be requited by the faid Duke with
' a foreign Army to invadejEw^/tfw^upon the King's
' Defign) it is clear that, fome Months before the
' Irijh Rebellion, the King had an Agent in Rome,
' as by diverfe of his own Secretary's Papers ap-
' peareth.

' And that the fame Defigns were laid for Eng-

* land alfo at the fame Time, if we might not be-
' lieve the Confeffion of the Queen-Mother's Ser-
' vant, attefted upon Oath, that there were many
*• Thoufands appointed to cut the Proteftants
' Throats in this Kingdom alfo, when the King
' went to Scotland, yet we may remember it was
' confefled by fome of the principal Rebels, That
' their Popifh Committee here with the King had
' communicated that Defign to many Papifts in

* England, by whofe Advice, though fome Things
4 were altered, yet it was generally concluded that,

* about the fame Time, there mould be the like
«• Proceedings of the Papifts here j infomuch that

* when Charles-Mount was feized in Ireland, Sir
« Phelim O'Neal and other great Rebels did, with
' much Confidence, affirm the Tower was alfo feiz-

* ed in London, and the Archbifhop releafcd by

* their Party here ; where, they faid, there was as

* much Blood running as in Ireland.

* And it is very well known that, upon the
' King's Return from Scotland, befides the unufual

* Preparations of Ammunition and Arms, with
VOL. XVII. B « new

The Parliamentary HISTORY

« new Guards within and about Whitehall; and,
- ' befides tne great Quantity of Fire-works found

Fsbruary. ' a"^ taken in Papifts Houfes, the Tower was alfo
4 filled with new Guards, many Cannoneers, Gra-
' nadoes, and all Sorts of Fire-works, Mortars,

* with great Pieces of Battery, ready prepared and
4 mounted againft the City : Sir Wihiam Balfour,
4 who was formerly threatened for refufing the new

* Guards while the Earl of Strafford lived, was
4 now difplaced, and fuch Officers placed by the
4 King, as were not only fufpecled by us, but

* the whole City, who durft not abide in their own

* Houfes, as by their feveral Petitions is manifeft.

4 From this Time the Track of open Force
4 againft this Parliament and Kingdom did appear
( more vifible.

4 The Charge of Treafon againft fomeofboth
4 Houfes, and that unparalleled A61 of Violence,

* by the King's coming fo attended to the Houfe of
4 Commons, after he had difcharged our Guards,
4 denying us any but what might reftrain or over-

* awe us, was but the Prologue to a bloody Tra •

* gedy, had not the Parliament and the good Af-

* fe&ions of the City interrupted that Defign, and

* caufed the King's new Guards (already lifted and
4 moulded under Colonels and other Officers) to
4 withdraw a little to another Scene.

4 Neither would the Country more comply with
4 thefe Defigns, although they were attempted with
4 unufual Arguments of armed Troops in warlike
4 Manner to compel them j which fucceeded yet
4 fo ill, that the Lord Digby durft not abide the
4 Trial, but was fent away upon a fpecial Errand

* by the King's own Warrant.

4 What his Errand was beyond Sea we may well
4 conclude from the Lift of Arms and Ammuni-

* tion, for which we can produce the King's
4 own Hand, taken amongft his own Papers, and
4 printed with his own Letters to the Queen at her

* firft landing in Holland.

5 * What

of E N G L A N D. i$

* What Advice he gave for the King's retiring An. « Car.

* to fome fafe Place, and declare himfelf ; and how .

* the King followed it, is known well enough. February,

« But before the King's fettling at York* the No-
4 tice we had of hisCommhTions to the Earl ofNew-
4 cajlle and Col. Legge, for attempting Newcajlle and

* Hull, may juftly occafion us to provide for their
4 Security ; efpecially when we had certain Intel-
4 licence from the Low Countries of foreign Forces
4 from Denmark to come in about Hull; whither

* alfo came with the Lord Digby divers Command-
« ers, with much Ammunition and Arms from

* other foreign Parts.

4 And had not the Swedes at that Time invaded

* Part of the King of Denmark's Dominions, we
4 had had Beafon enough to expe6t a Storm that
< Way to have fallen alfo on Hull* where was then
1 a great Magazine : And before we ever afked the
4 King to remove it, we reprefcnted to him, that,'
4 befides all other Intelligence of foreign Negotia-
4 .tions, we had good Notice of a Fleet preparing

* in Denmark ; and that one of Lord Digby's Ser-
4 vants had folicited a Mariner, or Pilot, to conduct

* it into Hull.

<• And, before that Time, the King had difpatch-

* ed an Agent into Denmark* with Letters of Cre-

* dit, complaining againft the Parliament as unjuft-

* ly fixed on the Deftruaion of one Man (the Earl
4 of Stra/ord* then living) ; but he was refolved to

* take another Courfe, and therefore defired Aid.

4 And there came fiich an Anfwer, that, among
4 large Offers made to the Scots before the^King's
4 going into Scotland* they were told the King was
4 aflured of Horfes and Money from Denmark.
4 And, by an intercepted Letter from the Hague to
4 Secretary Nicbo!as*\ong fmce p'ublifhed, we found
< that, befides many Arms and Cannon, then pro-
4 vided in Holland* there were alfo coming from

* Denmark Ships with 10,000 Arms for Foot, and
4 1500 Horfe for the King's Ufe ; and that Cocljran
« very handfomely evaded that which was like to

* have fruftrated all their Expeaations from thence.

B 2 * And

20 *Tbe Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 23 Car. I. c ^nd in Cochran's latter Inftrudions, (for there

^_*. *7' , * had been others before in Denmark] long fmce

February. ' printed, the King faith, We were then beginning

' to make Head againji him, and were then levying

' Forces-, and therefore he preffeth for Men, Money,

* Arms, and Ships horn. Denmark; for which alfo

* he ufeth many Arguments, and, among others,
1 one in thefe Words :

c That, in Pursuance of their great Deftgn of ex-

* tirpaling the Royal Blood and Monarchy of Eng-

* land, they have endeavoured likeivife to lay a great
' "Blemijh upon his Royal Family ; endeavouring to il-

* legitimate all derived from his Sifter, at once to cut

* off the Intered and Pretenfions of the whole Race ;
' ivhich their mojl detejlable and fcandalous Dejign they
' have purfued, examining WitneJJes, and conferring

* Circwnftances and Times to colour their Pretenfions

* in fo great a Fault ; and which, as his facred Ma-

* Jefty of England, in the true Senfe of Honour of his

* Mother, doth abhor, and will punijh ; fo he expefts

* his Concurrence in vindicating a Sifter of fo happy

* Memory, and by whomfo near an Union and continu*
6 ed League of Amity bath been produced between the

* Families and Kingdoms.

' A moft falfe fcandalous Charge of that which

* never entered into our Thoughts j fo that we be-
c lieve there never was a more unworthy A6t done
' by any Prince, fo to betray his Truft and People

* to a foreign Nation, by incenfing them with fuch

* an odious Slander to the Shame of his own Mo-

* ther ; which we repeat the rather, becaufe when

* we declared our Intelligence that Cochran was fent
' into Denmark to procure Forces thence, the King

* difavowed it, calling it a vile Scandal, in his An-

* fwer to our Declaration of the twenty-fecond of
« Oftobcr, 1642.

* In the fame Inftru&ions to Cochran he declareth

* alfo, That he then expetted AJJiftance from all his

* Neighbour Princes and Allies, in particular the

* greateft Part of the States Fleet from Holland ;
e whither he confefled, he had then fent the £>tieen.

* He

*f ENGLAND. 21

4 He might alfo have added, that, with the Queen, An- «3 Car- *•
" contrary to his Truft, he had fent the antient . .V-y7',... •*
' Jewels of the Crown of England, of a very vaft February.

* Value, to be pawned or fold for Ammunition and
4 Arms ; of which we had certain Knowledge be-
4 fore we took up Arms.

4 Neither had we fo much as once afked the fetr
4 tling of the Militia, till the Queen was going into
4 Holland.

' And it may be remembered that, many Months

* before the Voyage to Holland, (he was going be-
4 yond Sea, had not our Motions to the King ftaid
' her ; and that, among other Reafons given, be-
4 caufe we then alfo heard {he had packed up the
1 Crown Jewels and f*late ; by which we might

* fee what was then alfo intended by that Journey,
4 had we not prevented it till the Winter.

* But at Borsughbridge, before the Earl of Straf-
*" ford's Death, the Officers were told the King

* would pawn his Jewels for them, and the French
4 were promifed to aflift them.

* All this, and much more yet to be faid, maketh
' us ftand amazed at the King's folemn Protefta-
4 tation, fo often made, calling Qod to witnefs,
' and revenge it alfo, |f he had any Thought of
' bringing up the Northern Army j or of levying
4 Forces to wage War with his Parliament ; or to
' invade the Rights of his Subjects j or of bringing
' in foreign Forces or Aids from beyond Sea, whicht
' as himfelf faith in his Declaration, ^vould not only
c have burled this Kingdom in fudden DeftrufJion and
' Ruin, but bis own Name and Pofterity in perpetual
' Scorn and Infamy.

4 Yet, at very rint.. when himfelf and the Lords
e made fuch a Protefcation at York againft levying
' Forces, he commanded his Subjects, by Procla-

* mation, to refift the Orders of Parliament ; and
4 had figned that moft illegal Commiflion of
4 Array ; and dirl privately contrive the getting out
4 of the Stores, Ships, or otherwife, fuch Ordnance,
4 Powder, Shot, and Ammunition, as could be

* poflibly got and provided ; for which we can

63 4 produce

$2 Tie Parliamentary HISTORY

An. z3 Car. I. < produce a Letter of the 2Oth of June^ 1642, unr

t ^ -*7' j * der his own Hand, to Sir John Heydon^ Lieute-

February. * nant °f fhe Ordnance, to convey it fecretly in

4 Ballaft of Ships ; and required Subfcriptions for

4 Plate, Horfes, and Arms; and had alfo raifed

4 fuch Guards of Horfe and Foot about him, that,

f by them, he did not only abufe our Committees

* fent unto him ; beat our public Officers and Mef-

* fengers; protect notorious Papifts, Traitors, or
4 Felons, fuch as Beckwith and others, from the
4 PofTe Comitatus ; but alfo, with thofe Guards,

* Cannons, and Arms from beyond Sea, did at-
4 tempt to force Hull in an hoftile^ Manner; and

* that within few Days after that folemn Protefta-
4 tion at York.

4 It was not long before he proclaimed us Rebels
f and Traitors, fetting up his Standard againft the
4 Parliament, which never any King of England&\&
4 before himfelf.

* Nor did ever any but King Charles fet up a
c Mock Parliament at Oxford, or any other Place,
f to oppofe and^proteft againft the Parliament of
4 England^ which himfelf and both Houfes had con-
4 tinued by A61 of Parliament.

4 And when he had made thofe pretended Mem -

* bers at Oxford to falfify their Faith and Truft

* they owed to this Kingdom, finding that, by
{ them, he could not carry on his own pernicious

* Defigns, he derided their Meeting in a Letter to

* the Queen, and called them a Mungrel Parlia-

* ment j whereby his own Party may perceive

* what Reward they muft expect when they have

* done their utmoft to fhipwreck their Faith and

* Confcience to his Will and Tyranny.

' And for calling in of foreign Forces, befides

* that which we have faid already, it is very well

* known, by his own Letters taken at Nafeby^ and
4 the Lord 'Digby's Cabinet, what Negotiations he
4 hath long had in all States round about us.

' We have alfo remaining with us an authentic
4 Copy of his Commiffioh for calling over 10,000

* of the Jrijb Rebels to fubdue this Parliament, the

* difloyal

of E N G L A N D. 23

4 difloyal and rebellious City of London, as he cal- AJJ. 23 Car. I.

4 Jeth it; and for this Purpofe, exprefsly againftan t * *7' t

4 Act of Parliament, he made a Pacifka :ion firft, February.

4 and fince a Peace, with thofe moft en el bloody

4 Rebels, on fuch odious, fhameful, and unworthy

4 Conditions, that himfelf blumed to own or im-

4 part them to his own Lieutenant the Earl of Or-

f mond; but a private Commiffion was made to the

4 Lord Herbert, called Earl of Glamorgan, com-

4 manding him to manage it with all poffible

4 Secrefy.

4 And for letting us fee this fecret Commiffion,
4 which was taken at Sligo, the faid Lord did en-
4 dure a fpecious Confinement.

* Neither do we, by this Time, wonder he mould
4 forget his Vows and Proteftations, That he would

* never confent, upon whatsoever Pretence, to a Tole-
4 ration of the Popi/h ProfeJJlon, or Abolition of the
4 Laws then in Force again/} Recufants, with moft
4 folemn Imprecations, that God would fo deal with
4 him and his, as he continued in fuch ProfeJJtons, and

* inviolably kept thofe Proteftations j notwithstanding,
4 about the very fame Time, it appears, by Letters
4 under his own Hand to the Queen and the Earl
6 of Ormond^ that he would confent to the taking
4 away all Penal Laws againft Papifts both in Eng-
4 land and Ireland.

4 And alfo we had fufficient Notice and Proofs
6 of moft of thefe Things before, notwithstanding
*- all his Breach of Truft with the Proteftants in

* France, Scotland, Ireland, and this Kingdom ;
4 which, befides all other Oppreflions by unjuft
4 Prerogative, he hath fo often endeavoured to
4 enflave by German, Spanijh, French, Lorrain,
4 Irijh, Danifh, and other foreign Forces, yet fo
4 really we fought his own, as well as the King-

* dom's, Peace and Happinefs, that, after fo many

* Denials, we made this laft Application, fojuft
4 and honourable, that we cannot but now con-

* elude he hath wholly forgotten, not only his
4 Duty to the Kingdom, but alfo the Care and
^ Refpec~l hs owes to himfelf and his own Family.

B4 4 Thtfc

24
An. 23. Car.!

1647.
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The Parliamentary HISTORY

« Thefe are fome few of the many Reafons why
we cannot repofe any more Truft in him, and
have made thofe former Refolutions ; yet we {hall
ufe our utmoft Endeavours to fettle the prefent
Government, as may beft ftand with the Peace
and Happinefsofthis Kingdom.

_ Lord Clarendon writes (a), < That this Declara-
tion found much Oppofition in the Houfe of Com-
mons, in refpecl: of the particular Reproaches they
had now caft upon the Perfon of the King* which
they had heretofore, in their own-pubiifhed Decla-
rations to the People, charged upon the evil Coun-
fellors and Perfons about him ; and fome Perfons
had been fentenced and condemned for thofe very
Crimes which they now accufed his Majefty of.
But there was much more Exception to their Con-
clufion from thofe Premifes, that therefore they
would addrefs themfelves no more to him j and John
Maynard, a Member of the Houfe, and a Lawyer
of great Eminence, who had too much complied
and concurred with their irregular and unjuft Pro-
ceedings, after he had with great Vehemence op-
Fofed and contradifted the moft odious Parts of their
Declaration, told them plainly, « That by this

* Refolution of making no more Addrefles to the

* King, they did, as far as in then lay, diflblve the
Parliament ; and that, from the Time of that

J Determination, he knew not with what Secu-

* nty, in point of Law, they could meet to-

* gether,or any Man join with them in their Coun-
felsr.Thatit was of the Effence of Parliament
that they fhould, upon all Occafions, repair to

* the King j and that his Majefty's Refufal at any
Time to receive their Petitions, or to admit their

* Addrefles, had been always held the higheft
Breach of their Privilege, becaufe it tended to
their DiiTolution without difolving them j and
therefore if they {hould now, on their Parts, de-

* termine that they would receive no more MefTages

* from him, which was likewifea Part of their De-

' cJaratiou,

W Hijlcry, Vol. V. Offavt Edit, p. 94.

of E N G L A N D. 25

* claration, nor make any more Addrefs to him, An, 23 Car. J,

* they did, upon the Matter, declare that they were , * ^7' ,

* no longer a Parliament ; and then, how could the February.

* People look upon them as fuch ?' This Argu-
mentation being boldly prefled by a Man of that
Learning and Authority, who had very feldom not
been believed, made a great Impreflion upon all
Men who had not proftituted themfelves to Crom-
iiell and his Party. But the other Side meant not
to maintain their Refolution by Difcourfes, well
knowing where their Strength lay ; and fo ftill
called for the Queftion, which was carried by a
Plurality of Voices, as they forefaw it would ; very
many Perfons who abhorred the Determination not
having Courage to provoke the powerful Men by
owning their Diffent ; others fatisfying themfelves
with the Refolution to withdraw themfelves, and
to bear no farther Part in their Counfels ; which
JMaynardlnmklf did, and came no more to the Houfe
in very many Months, nor till there feemed to be
fuch an Alteration in the Minds of Men, that there
would be a Rcv^rfal of that monftrous Determina-
tion ; and many others did the fame/

His Lordfhip adds, « That when this Declara-
tion was fent up to the Houfe of Peers for their Con-
currence, the fame was given with as little For-
mality as poflibly.' — But this Aflertion is a Mif-
take, for it was printed by an Order of the Houfe of
Commons only, as before obferved ; and it does
not appear, by their Journals, that the Concurrence
of the Lords was either afked or given.

His Lordfhip proceeds to inform us, * That the
publiftiing this Declaration v/rought very different
Effe&s in the Minds of the People, from what they
expected it would produce ; and it appeared to be
fo puhlickly detefted, that many who had ferved
the Parliament in feveral unwarrantable Employ-
ments and Cominiilions, from the Beginning of
the War, in the City and in the Country, with-
drew themfelves from the Service of the Parlia-
ment, and much inveighed againft it for declining

all

26 *fhe Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 2^3 Car. I. ajj ^ Principles upon which they had engaged
i v_.' , them. Many private Perfons took upon them to
February, publifh Anfwers to that Declaration, that, the King
himfelf being under fo ftricT: a Reftraint that he
could make no Anfwer, the People might not be
poifoned with the Belief of it. And the feveral
Anfwers of this Kind wrought very much upon the
People, who opened their Mouths very loud againft
the Parliament and the Army; and the Clamour
was increafed by the Increafe of Taxes artti Impofi-
tions, which were raifed by new Ordinances of Par-
liament upon the Kingdom. — In our own CoHeftiwjs
we meet with feveral of thefe Anfwers, which
fhews the great Courage and Refolution of the Au-
thors of them ; efpecially when it is remembered,
That at this Time the Prefs was under the fevereft
Reftraint ; that a Committee of the Houfe of Com-
mons, for fupprefling fcandalous and unlicenfed
Pamphlets, were appointed to meet daily to take
fpecial Care to prevent the Publication of any fuchj
and a Sum of Money ordered to be paid to Infor-
mers againft unlicenfed PrefTes.

All thefe Anfwers of private Perfons we pafs
over : — But the following Declaration of the King,
occafioned by the Votes againft any further Addrefs
to him, printed at this very Time, and faid, in the
Title-Page thereof, to be publifhed by his Majefty's
fpecial Command ; with an Anfwer to the forego-
ing Declaration of the Commons, publiftied by his
Appointment, are of fuch Authority as to demand
a Place in thefe Enquiries ; and this the rather, as
no doubt the Impartial Reader would be defirous of
feeing what Anfwer could be made to fo high a
Charge againft the King. The Names of the Prin-
ters are not affixed to either of thefe, nor is it to be
expe&ed any would dare to own them at a Crifis
when it was declared High Treafon to hold any
Correfpondence with his Majelty without Leave of
the Parliament ; but, by feveral Typographical Cir-
curoftances, they feern to have been printed by ReyJ?o»\

of E N G L A N D. 27

and this Conjefture is confirmed., by their being An- 23 Car- *•
reprinted in his Edition of the King's Works (a). , . *6*7' .

February.

The KING'S DECLARATION to all his

Subje&s.

Carijbrook-Caflle^Jan. 1 8, 1617.

•To all my People, of whatfoever Nation, Qua-
lity, or Condition.

AMI thus laid afide^ and mujl I not fpeak for The jyng's Ap-
<*•* myfelf ? No : I ^ui/l fpeaky and that to all my peal to his Peo-
People ; (which I would have rather done by the Way Ple uP°n that
of my two Houfes of Parliament^ but that there is c
a public Order neither to make Addrejfes to, or re-
ceive Mejjages from me) and who but you can be
judge of the Differences betwixt me and my two
Houfes? I know none elfe\ for I am fure you it is
ivho will enjoy the Happinefs^ or feel the Mifery^ of
good or ill Government ; and we all pretend who
Jhould run fafteji to ferve you, without having a

Regard^

(a) In the Life of King Charles, prefixed to the Folio Edition of h;»
Works, we are told That the firft of thefe two Piece! was written
by the King himfelf, and the other by Sir Edward Hyde, afterward*
Earl of Clarendon. But his Lord/hip makes no Mention, in his
Hiftory, of being the Author cf any of thefe Anfwers to the Declara-
tions of the Commons.

The Titles of the other Anfwers, in our Collodion of Pamphlets,
run thus :

The Royal Apology ; or an Anfiver to the Declaration of the Houfe of
Commons, the iith of February, 1647 ; in ivbich they exfrefs the Rea-
jons cf their Refolutions for making no more AddreJJes to, nor receiving any
from his Maje/jy. At Pari', imprinted in the Tear 1648. The Au-
thority abovercited informs us that Dr. Bates was the Author.

An Antidote againft an itifefiious Air j or a (hart Reply ofWell-tviJberi
unto the Good and Peace of this Kingdom, unto the Declaration of the
fith o/'February, 1647. Printed in the Tear 1647.

The Kingdom's brief An fwer to the late Declaration of the Hfuff of
Commons, February u, 1647, touching the Reajons of their no further
dddrcjfes to the King. London, printed in the Tear of eur Lord,
1648.

The King's moft gracious Meffages for Peace and a Personal Treaty,
publijbedfor his People's Satisfatlion, that they may fee and judge "whe-
ther the Foundation of the Commons Declaration, touching their fates of
no farther Addrefs id the King, (viz. his Majejiy's A'verferefs to Peace)
be ju/t, rational, and religious. Printed in the Tear 1648.

The two laft feera to hare been printed by Royjlon for tb« Re
already given,

28 *The Parliamentary HISTORY

An. a 3 Car. I. Regard, at leajl in the firji Place, to particular fii-
t i647' _, terejls : And therefore I defire you to confider the State
F-bruarv lam, and have been, in this long Time, and whether
my Actions have more tended to the Public or my own,
particular Good ; for whofiever will kck upon me bare-
ly, as I am a Man, without that Liberty (which the
meanejl of my Subjefls enjoy} of going whither, and
converjing with whom, I will; as a Hufband and Fa-
ther, without the Comfort of my IVife and Children ;
or, lajlly, as a King, without the leajl Shew of Autho-
rity or Power to protect my diftrefjed Subjects ; mujl
conclude me not only void of all natural Ajfeftion, but
alfo to want common Under/landing^ ifljhould not moft
cbearfully embrace the readiejl Way to the Settlement of
thefe diflraSled Kingdoms : As alfo, on the other Side,
do but confider the Form and Draught of the Bills late-
ly prefented unto me, and, as they are the Conditions of
a 'Treaty, ye will conclude that the fame Spirit which
hath ftill been able to frufirate all my fincere and con-
Jlant Endeavours for Peace, hath had a powerful In-
fluence on this Mejfage \ for tho* I was ready to grant
the Sub/lance, and comply with what they feem to de-
fire, yet, as they had framed it, I could not agree there-
unto, without deeply wounding my Confcience and Ho-
nour, and betraying the Truft repofed in me, by aban-
doning my People to the arbitrary and unlimited Power
of the two Houfes for ever, for the levying and main-
taining of Land or Sea Forces, without Dijlinflion of
Duality, or Limitation for Money Taxes : And if I
eould have pajjed them in Terms, how unheard-of a
Condition ^v ere it for a Treaty to grant before-hand the
mojl conftderable Part of the Subject-Matter ? How
ineffettual were that Debate like to prove, wherein the
moft potent Party had nothing of Moment left to ajk, and
tie other nothing more to give ? So, confequently, how
fopelefs of mutual Compliance, without which a Set-
tlement is impojftble : Eefides, if, after my Concef-
fions, the two Hoi'fes Jhould infi/l on thoj'e Things
from which I cannot depart, how defperate would
the Condition of tbifs Kingdoms bey when the moft
4 props.-

of E N G L A N D. 29

proper and approved Remedy Jbould become inejfec- An< 2 3 Car. I.
tual.

Being, therefore, fully refelved that I could neither ',
in Cor.fcience, Honour ', or Prudence, pnfs thofe four
Bills 1 1 only endeavoured to make the Reafens and Juf-
tice of my Denial appear to all the Worlds they do to
?ne, intending to give as little Difatisfaflion to the two
Houfes of Parliament ', without 'betraying my own Caufe9
as the Matter would bear. 1 was deftrous to give my
Anfwer of the 2.8th 0/" December lajl, to the Commif-
Jioners,fealed (as I had done others heretofore, and feme-
times at the Dejire ef the Commijfioners) ; chiefly be-
caufe, when my MeJJages or Anfwers were publickly
known before they were read in the Houfes, prejudicial
Interpretations were forced on them, much differing,
and fometime s contrary to my Meaning .* for Example,
my Anfwer from Hampton-Court was accufed of di-
viding the two Nations, becaufe I promifed to give Sa-
tisfaction to the Scots in all Things concerning that
Kingdom : And this lajl fuffers in a contrary Senfe, by
making me intend to inter ejl Scotland in the Laws of
this Kingdom, (than which nothing was, nor is, fur-
ther from my Thoughts) becaufe I took Notice of the
Scots Commijfioners protejling again/I the Bills and
Proportions, as contrary to the Interejls and Engage-
ments of the two Kingdoms : Indeed, if I had not men-
tioned their Diffent, an Objection, not without feme
Probability, might have been made again/I me, both in
refpeft the Scots are much concerned in the Bill for the
Militia and in fever al other Proportions, and my Si-
lence might, with feme Jujtice, havefeemed to approve
of it ; but the Commiffioners refujing to receive my An -
jwerfcaled, I (upon the Engagement of their and the
Governor's Honour, that no other Ufe Jhould be made,
or Notice taken of it, than as if it had not been ft en )
read and delivered it open to them ; whereupon what
hath fmce poffed, either by the Governor, in difcharg-
ing moft of my Servants, redoubling the Guards, and
retraining me cf my former Liberty, (and all this,
at himfelf confejjcd^ merely out of his own Dijlike of

my

3 o The Parliamentary HISTORY*

i. 23 Car. I. my Anfvjer, notwithjlanding his beforefaid Engagement}
* *7' , or afterwards ly the two Houfes, as the Governor af-

January. firms, in confining me within the Circuit of this Gajlle,
I appeal to God and the World, whether my f aid An-
fwer deferred the Reply of fuch Proceedings ; befides,
the Unlawfulnefs for Subjects to imprifon their King.

That, by the Permijfton of Almighty God, I am re-
duced to this fad Condition, as I no way repine, fo 1 am
not without Hope but that the fame God will, in due
Time, convert thefe Afflictions unto my Advantage. In
the mean Time 1 am content to bear thefe CroJJes with
Patience and a great Equality of Mind ; but by what
Means or Occafton I am come to this Relapfe in my
Affairs, I am utterly to feek\ efpecially when I con-
fider that I have facrificed to my two Houfes of Par-
liament, for the Peace of the Kingdom, all but, what
h much more dear to me than my Life, my Confcience,
and Honour ; defiring nothing more than to perform it
In the mojl proper and natural Way, a Perfonal Treaty.
But that which makes me mojl at a Lofs, is the remem-
bering my fignaj. Compliance with the Army and their
Inter efts ; and of what Importance my Compliance was
to them ; and their often-repeated ProfeJJions and En-
gagements for my jujl Rights, in general, fl/ New-
market and St. Alban's ; and their particular Expla-
nations of thofe Generals, by their voted and revoted
Propofals, which I had Reafon to under/land Jhould be
the utmojl Extremity would be expefted from me, and
that in fame Things therein I Jhould be eafed (herein
appealing to the Confciences of fame of the chief eft
Officers in the Army, if what I have faid be not
•punctually true) -, and how I have failed of their Ex-
pectations, or my ProfeJJions to them, I challenge them
and the whole World to produce the leajl Colour of
Reafon.

And now I would know what it is that is dejtred:
Is it Peace ? I have Jhewed the Way, being both wil-
ling and defirous to perform my Part in it, which is a^
a jujl Compliance with all chief Inter ejls. Is it
Plenty and Happinefs ? Tf)ey are the infeparable Ef-

fefa-

of E N G L A N D> 31

fefls of Peace. Is it St urity ? I, who wijh that all An. 23 Car. I,
Men would forgive and forget like me, have offered the . ' *7' t
Militia for my Time. Is it Liberty of Confcience ? January.
He who wants it, is mojl ready to give it. Is it the
Right Admini/lration of Juftice ? Officers of Trujl are
committed to the Choice of my two Houfes of Parliament.
Is it frequent Parliaments? I have legally, fully con-
Burred therewith. Is it the Arrears of the Army ? Upon
•a Settlement they will certainly be paid with much Eafe^
but, before, there will be found much Difficulty, if not
Impojfibility, in it.

Thus all the World cannot but fee my real and un-
wearied Endeavours for Peace ; the which, by the Grace
of Gad, I Jhall neither repent me of, nor ever bejlacken-
W in, notwithjianding my paft, prefent, or future Suf-
ferings ; but if I may not be heard, let every one judge
who it is that obftrufls the Good I would or might da.
What is it that Men are afraid to hear from me ? It
cannot be Reafon, (at leaji none will declare themf elves
fo unreafonable as to confefs it] and it can lefs be imper-
tinent or unreafonable Difcourfes ; for thereby, perad-
venture, I might more jujlify this my Rejlraint than the
, Caufers themfelves can do ; fo that, of all lenders yet,
this is the greatefl to me, but it may eafily be gathered
T)ow thofe Men intend to govern, who have u fed me thus:
And if it be my hard Fate to fall together with the Li-
berty of this Kingdom, I Jhall not bluJJ) for myfelf, but
much lament the future Miferies of my People ; the
which I Jhall Jllll pray to God to avert, whatever be-
comes of me,

CHARLES R.

An ANSWER te a Pamphlet intituled, A Declaration
of the Commons of England in Parliament aflfem-
bled, expreffing their Reafons and Grounds of
paffing the late Refolutions touching no further
Addrefs or Application to be made to the King.

* T Believe it was never heard of until now, that ^n Anfwcr to

* A heavy Imputations were laid on any Man,tReaf°rncs8°1fnfhe
' (I fpeak^not now of Kings, which I confefs makes Commons.

' the .Cafe yet more ftrange and unjuft) and he

' not

3 2 The Parliamentary HISTORY

not permitted to fee, much lefs to anfwer, them :
But fo it is now with the King ; which does,
though filently, yet fubjeft him to as great an
Imputation as there is any in the faid Declara-
tion ; for thofe who know no better may thinlc
that he cannot, becaufe he does not, snfwer it :
Wherefore I hold it my Duty, knowing thefe
Things better than every ordinary Man$ to do
my beft) that the King fhould not be injured by
the Ignorance of his People ; and albeit I (ly-
ing under Perfecution for my Confcience and
Love to Regal Authority) have not the Means,
in every Thing, to make full Probations j yet I
am confident, in all the moil material Points, fo
to make the Truth of the King's Innocency ap-
pear, that I fhall fatisfy any impartial judicious
Reader.

' What the Tflue of former AddrefTes to the King
hath'been, is moft certainly known to all the
World ; but where the Fault refts, whereby
Peace hath not enfued, bare AfTeverations with-
out Proofs cannot, I am fure, fatisfy any judicious
Reader. And, indeed^ it feems to me that the
Pennerofthis feeks more to take the Ears of the
ignorant Multitude with big Words and bold Af-
fertions, than to fatisfy rational Men with real
Proofs or true Arguments : For, at the very firft,
he begs the Queftion, taking it for granted that
the King could eafe the Sighs and Groans, dry
the Tears, and ftanch the Blood of his diftrefled
Subjects. Alas ! Is it he that keeps Armies on
Foot when there is none to oppofe ? Is it he that
will not lay down Excife, Taxations, and free
Quarterings ? But it is he, indeed, who was fo
far from Power, even at that Time, being far
worfe fince, that in moft Things be wanted the
Liberty of any free-born Man : It is he who ne-
ver refufed to eafe his People of their Grievances;
witnefs more A&s of Grace pafied in his Reign
than, to fpeak within my Compafs, in any five
Kings or Queens Times that were ever before

' him, ;

tf E N G L A N D. 33

him i Moreover, it is he who, to fettle the pre* An. 43 Cm I.
fent unhappy Diftractions, and, as the beft l64?'
Means to it, to obtain a Perfonal Treaty, hath febniar».
offered fo much ; that, to fay Truth, during his
own Time, he hath left himfelf little more than
the Title of a King; as it plainly appears by his
MefFage from the Ifle of Wight, concerning the
Militia, and choofing the Officers of State and
Privy Counfellors, befides other Points of Com-
pliance, which it is needlefs here to mention.
4 Good God ! Are thefe Offers unfit for them to
receive? Have they tendered fuch Propofitions
that might occafion the World to iudge that they
have yielded up not only their Wills and Affec-
tions, but their Reafons alfo and Judgments, for
obtaining; a true Peace or good Accommodation ?
It is true that, if they can fhew what reafonably
they could have afked more, or wherein the King's
Offers were deficient, either in point of Security,
or by with-holding from any of his Subjects a Jot
of their juft Privileges, then they faid fomewhat
to challenge Belief: But bare AfTervations, even
againft what a Man fees, will not get Credit with
any but fuch who abandon their Judgments to an
implicit Faith : Nor can the Determinations of
all the Parliaments in the World make a Thing
juft or neceflary, if it be not fo ofitfelf: And
can it be imagined that any, who were ever ac-
quainted with the Paflages at the Treaties of
Oxford and Uxbridge, will believe, though it
be faid, That the Propofitions tendered a t Newcaftle
were the fame, in Effett, which had been pre-
fented to the King before, in the Midjl of all hii
Strength and Forces? Indeed, methinks, fuch
grofs Slips as thefe fliould, at leaft, make a Man
be wary how to believe fuch Things, for which
he fees no Proofs ; and yet it fhould feem that a
Man muft either take their Words for good
Payment, or remain unfatisfied ; for, a little*
after, it is faid, That the King's Jlfange, unex-
pefted, and conditional Anfwen or Denials might
VOL. XVII. C * jvftl,

34 Vfa Parliamentary HISTORY

An. a 3 Car. I. < jujlly have made them confider feme other Courfe

l647- « for fettling the Kingdom in Peace and Safety,

February. ' w^out any farther Application ; but never (hewn

* wherein the Strangenefs of his Anfwers or De-
' nials confifts : And I fhould think that thofe Rea-

* fons upon which the laying by of a King's Au-
« thority is grounded, for it is no lefs, ought to be
< particularly mentioned for the World's Satisfac-
' tion, and not involved in general big Words : For
' it thereby feems, that it is their Force of Arms,

* more than that of Reafon, which they truft to for

* procuring of Obedience to their Determinations,
e or Belief to what they fay ; otherwife can it be
6 imagined that their faying, That their laft Propoji-
( tions were fo qualified that, where it might ji and

* with the Public Safety, the wonted Scruples and Ob-

* jefliom were prevented or removed, can give Satis-

* faction to any rational Man who hath feen all
' their former Propofitions ? for it is moft evident
( that their Demands have always increafed with

* their good Fortune.

* And for their great Condefcention to a Per-

* fonal Treaty (which, under Favour, can fcarcely

* be called fo ; for the King, though he had grant-
' ed what was defired, was not come either to
' or near London, but to ftay in the Ifie of Wight,
' and there to treat with Commifii oners) upon
' figning the four Bills, furely they incurred therein

* but little Danger ; for it is moft evident that they

* contain the very Subftance of the moft eflential

* Parts of their Demands, which being once grant-
' ed the King would neither have had Power to de-

* ny, nor any Thing left worth the refufing j for
« after he had confefled that he had taken up Arms

* to invade the Liberty of his People, (whereas

* it was only for the Defence of his own Rights)
' and had likewife condemned all thofe, who had
' faithfully ferved him, of Rebellion; and that he
4 had totally diverted himfelf, his Heirs, and Syc-

* ceffors for ever, of the Power of the Sword ; wherc-
( by the Protection of his Subjects, which is one of

« the

of ENGLAND.

the moft eflbntial and neceflary Rights belonging
to Regal Authority, is totally torn away from the
Crown ; and that, by a filent Conceffion, he had
done himfelfand Succeflbrs an irreparable Preju-
dice concerning the Great Seal (I fpeak not of
the other two Bills, neither of which are of little
Importance) ; what was there more for him to
grant, worth the minting upon, after fuch Con-
ceffions ? or indeed, what Power was left him to
deny any Thing ? So that the King's Neccflity
of giving the Anfwer he did, for it was no abfo-
lute Refufal, is moft evident; unlefs he had re-
folved to have lived in Quiet without Honour,
and to have given his People Peace without
Safety, by abandoning them to an arbitrary and
unlimited Power of the two Houfes, for ever,
concerning the levying of J/and or Sea Forces,
without ftinting of Numbers or Diftin&ion ofPer-
fons; and, for Payments, to levy fuch Sums of
Monies, in fuch Sort, and by fuch Ways and Means
as they (hall think fit and appoint. And now
J cannot but afk, Is this the Militia that the King
contends for ? or, did ever any King of England
pretend to, or feek for, fuch a Power ? Surely,
no. But this is a new Militia, and take heed left
this fhould prove like the Roman Pretorian Co-
horts, that what they did in choofmg and chang-
ing Emperors, thefe do not to this Government,
by moulding and altering it according to their
Fancies. Now, my Eagernefs to clear this
Point concerning the four Bills, had almoft made
me forget a moft material Qyeftion : I wonder
much wherein the Danger confifts of a Perfonal
Treaty with the King ever fmce he was laft at
Newcajlle : Surely he cannot bring Forces along
with him to awe his two Houfes of Parliament j
and it is as well known that he hath not Money
to raife an Army ; and, truly, there is as little
Fear that the Eloquence of his Tongue fhpuld
work Miracles ; but, on the contrary, if he were
fo ill a Man as you defcribe him to be, whatfo-
C' 2 « ever

36 tfhe' Parliamentary HISTORY

in. 13 Car. I. < ever he fhall fay or write muft more prejudice

L l6*7' , * him than you : For, let him never flatter himfelf,

February. ' l* muft be clear, not doubtful, Reafon that can

' prevail againft that great vifible prevailing Power

* which now oppofes him J nor do I fay it will,

* but certainly lefs cannot do it ; Where is then

* the Danger ? Believe it, Reafon will hardly

* maintain thofe who are afraid of her.

4 After this it is faid, That they had Caufe enough

* to remember that the King fometimes denied to rt-

* ceive their bumble Petitions ; but they neither tell
1 where nor when, which I am moft confident they
' cannot ; but I am certain that the King hath fent
' divers Meflages of Peace to them, unto which he
4 hath yet had no Anfwer; namely, his laft from
4 Oxford, of the I5th of 'January, 1645, and all

* the reft fince. As for the Fight at Brentford ;

* whofoever will read the Collection of the Decla-
4 rations in Print upon that Subject, will clearly

* find that the King hath more Reafon to com-

* plain than they, under Colour of Treaty, fought

* to inviron him with their Forces, than they

* for what he then did. And his Retreat was

* neither for Fear nor with Shame ; for the ap-

* pearing of the Enemy made him retard, not ha-
e ften, his Orders for retiring, whichdivers Hours be -

* fore their appearing he had given ; which he did

* without any Lofs at all ; but, on the contrary,

* retreated with more Arms, eleven Colours, and

* fifteen Pieces of Ordnance, befides good Store of

* Ammunition, than he had before : And, for
4 Cruelty, there was not a Drop of Blood fhed but

* in the Heat of the Fight, for I faw above 500
c Prifoners, who, only promifmg never after to bear
4 Arms againft the King, were freely releafcd.

4 Again they feem to have good Memories, fay-

* ing, That the King once fent them a fpectous Mef-
4 fage of renewing a Treaty, when at the fame Time

* his MeJJenger was injlrufted how to manage that
4 bloody Mafia ere in London, which was then de-
4 Jigned by virtue of the King's Commijfion, fince

4 pullifitd,:

^/ENGLAND. 37

« publljhed: And hath the King fcnt but one Mef- An.*3Car.
1 fage for the renewing of a Treaty ? Then what

* was that from Tavljlock, in Augufl 1644, and February.

* five others from Oxford the next Year, viz. of

* the 5th, I5th, 26th and 29th of December^ and
' the 1 5th of January^ 1645 ^ ^ut indeed tn^s>

* that is here mentioned, they knew not how to

* anfwcr, (for at that Time they knew not the

* Way of Silence) but by this forged Accufation
' againft the MefTenger; who, I dare fay, knew no-
' thing of that which might have been, at that
' Time, intended for the King's Service by fome

* who had more Zeal than Judgment ; but that

* there was a Maflacre intended, or that any

* Commiffion from the King mould countenance
' fuch a Defign, is a moft notorious Slander,

* As fortheKing'smentionedLettertotheQueen,

* I am confident that any judicious Reader will
' find the Glofs made upon it very much wrefted :
1 And certainly Aftep-ages will think thefe Times

* very barbarous, wherein private Letters betwixt
' Man and Wjfe are publiflied to open View j and
' in other Countries, there is fuch Refpecl: carried
4 to private Letters of Princes, that, to my Know-
« ledge, the laft Emperor, in the greateft Heat of

* the Bohemian War, having intercepted a Packet,

* wherein were private Letters to King James of

* blefied Memory, (who was then known to be no
4 great Friend to the Emperor) from his only
1 Daughter, then avowedly the Emperor's greateft

* Enemy ; yet he fent them to the King, without
« the leaft Offer of Violence to the Seals.

* And now I come to their Determination upon
« the whole Matter, what Courfe they have refolved

* to take with the King : Their Words are, Buty
< notiurtbjlanding this and othtr former Tenders, we
r have now received fuch a Denial, that we are in

* Dtfpair of any Good by Addrejfis to the King ;

* neither muji we be fo injurious to the People in
' further delaying their Settlement^ as any more to

his Confent to thefe, or any ether Prcpofi-
C 3 « tions,'

3 8 The Parliamentary HISTORY

tlons. Befides, it is refolved upon the Queftiom
That they will receive no more any MejJ'age from
tke King ; and do enjoin, That no Perfons do
prefume to receive or bring any Meffage from the
King to both or either Houfes of Parliament^ or to
any other Perfon. Thus you fee that the King
is laid by: But that is not all; for he muft nei-
ther juftify his Innocency againft Calumny, nor
is there any Way left him to mend any Error that
he may have committed : Is this a juft Way of
proceeding, when Truth, though offered, muft
not be heard, and that no Way muft be left, to
recant an Error ? And why all this Severity ? Be-
caufe, as I have already {hewn you, the King will
not injure his Confcience or Honour, nor fuffer
his People to be opprefled ; to which they give the
Term of fuch a Denial, though really it was
none. But fince they thus feek to hood-wink
the People, it is no great wonder that they for-
bid the King to repent him of thofe Faults which
he never committed ; and I believe all indifferent
Men will eafily judge of the King's Innocency,
even by their Way of Accufation : For thofe
who will lay fuch high Crimes to his Charge,
as the Breach of Oaths, Vows, Proteftations,
and Imprecations, would not fpare to bring their
Proofs, if they had any : But, on the contrary,
it is known to all the World, that he had not
fufFered as he has done, if he would have dif-
penfed with that Part of his Coronation Oath,
which he made to the Clergy, which is no great
Sign that he makes flight of his Engagements j
of which it is fo univerfally known that he has
been fo religioufly careful, as I hold it a Wrong-
to his Innocency, to feek to clear him of fuch
Slanders, for which there are no Proofs alledged ;
for Malice, being once detected, is beft anfwered
with Neglecl and Silence : And was there ever
greater or more apparent Malice, than to offer to
put the horrid Slander of Parricide upon him,
who was eminently known to be as obedient and
loving a fon to his blefled Father, as any Hiftory

* can

of E N G L A N D. 39

4 can make mention of ? But indeed the Lofs of An- *3 Car-

4 Rochelle doth fitly follow, to fhew how Malice, t *647'

4 when it is at the Height, is ordinarily accompani- February

' ed ; for there are none, but ignorant or forgetful

4 Men, who know not that it was meerly the Want

4 of Afliftance from the two Houfes of Parliament

4 (contrary to their public general Engagement)

{ that loft Rochelle : And there is nothing more

4 clear (to any who hath known French Occur-

4 renccs) than that real Afliftance which the King,

* to the utmoft of his Power, gave to thofe of the
4 Religion at that Time, made Cardinal Rich-
4 lieu an irreconcilable Enemy to the King;
4 wherefore I cannot but fay, that it is a ftrange
« forgetful Boldnefs to charge the King with that
' which was evidently other Men's Faults.

4 There are alfo other Things that, to any

* knowing Man, will rather feem Jeers than Ac-

* cufationsj as the German Horfe, and Spanijb

* Fleet in the Year 1639. But my Affection (hall
4 not fo blind me as to fay that the King ne-

* ver erred; yet, as when a juft Debt is paid,

* Bonds ought to be cancelled ; fo Grievances, be
' they never fo juft, being once redrefled, ought no

* more to be objected as Errors : And it is no Pa*

* radox to affirm, That Truths this way told are no
« better than Slanders ; and fuch are the Cata-
4 logue of Grievances here enumerated j which)
4 when they are well examined, every one of them
4 will not be found fuch as here they are defcribed
« to be.

4 Now, as concerning thofe Difcourfes which
4 mention the Beginnings of thefe Troubles
4 which are in two feveral Places of this Declara-
' tion, I will only fay this, That what the King
4 did upon thefe Occafions, was meerly to defend

* the Rights of his Crown, which were and are
' evidently fought to be torn from him : Nor can
1 I acknowledge all thofe Relations to be true;
4 fuch as private Levies of Men by Popim Agents j
4 arming of Papifts in the North ; calling in of
V Danijh Forces, and the like: And as for the ftale

C 4 * Slander

40 The Parliamentary HISTORY

n. 23 Car. I, * Slander of calling up the Northern Army, now

. *647' , ' renewed ; it is well known that the two H ufes,

Fcbmary. ' even at tnat Time, were not fo partial to the

* King, as to have concealed a Practice of that

* Kind, if they could have got it fufficiently
' proved.

' But if the Itijh Rebellion can be juftly charged

* upon the Ring, then I (hall not blame any for

* believing all the reft of the Allegations againft

* him ; only I proteft againft all Rebels Teftimo-

* ny as good Proof, it being moft certain by Ex-

* perience, that they who make no Confcience of

* rebelling, will make lefs of lying, when it is for
' their Advantage. And it is no little Wonder
' that fo grave an AfTembly as the Houfe of Com-
' mons fhould fo flightly examine aBufmefs of that
' great Weight, as to alledge that the Scots Great

* Seal did countenance the Irijl) Rebellion, when I

* know it can be proved, by Witnefles without

* Exception, that, for many Months before until

* the now Lord-Chancellor had the keeping of it,

* there was nothing at all fealed by it. Nor con-
' cerning this great Point will I only fay that the
' King is innocent, and bid them prove (which,
" to moft Accufations, is a fufficient Anfwer ;)
4 but I can prove, that if the King had been obeyed
' in the Injh Affairs before he went laft into Scot-

* land, there had been no Irijb Rebellion j and,
' a ter it was begun, it had, in a few Months, been

* (upprefled, if his Directions had been obferved ;

* for if the King had been fuffered to have per-

* formed his Engagements to the Iri/h Agents, and
' had difpofed of the difcontented Irijh Army be-

* yond Sea, according to his Contracts with the
' French and Spanijh AmbafFadors, there is nothing

* more clear, than that there could have been no

* Rebellion in Ireland; becaufe they had wanted
' both Pretence and Means to have made one:
' Then when it was broken forth, if thofe vigo-
rous Courfes had been purfued which the King

* propofed, firft to the Scots, then to the Englijh

* Parliament, doubtlefs that Rebellion ha.d beeri

« foon

of E N G L A N D. 41

foon fupprefled. But what he propofecl took fo An. 23 Car. I.
little Effect, that, in many Months after, there t f< _t
was nothing fent into Ireland but what the King i-\Uu»ry.
himfelf fent, aflifted by the Duke of Richmond^
before he came from Scotland^ unto Sir Robert
Stuart ; which, though it was little, will be found
to have done much Service, as may be feen by
Sir Robert's voluntary Teftimony, uiven in Wri-
ting to tl e Parliament's Commiflioners then at-
tending the King at Stoak. And certainly a
greater Evidence for Conftancy in Religion there
cannot be, than the King {hewed in his Irijb
Treaty ; for in the Time that he moft needed
Afliftance, it was in his Power to have made that
Kingdom declare unanimoufly for him, and have
had the wole Forces thereof employed in his Ser-
vice, if he would have granted their Demands in
Points of Religion, they not infilling on any
Thing of Civil Government which his Majefty
might not have granted without Prejudice to his
Regal Authority ; and this can be clearly proved
by the Marquis of Ornwnd's Treaties with the
Irifh, not without very good Evidence by fome
of the King's Letters to the Queen, which were
taken at Nnfeby, that are purpofely concealed, left
they fhould too plainly difcover the King's De-
teftation of that Rebellion, and his rigid Firmnefs
to the Proteftant Profefiion. Nor can I end this
Point without remarking with Wonder, that
Men fhould have fo ill Memories as again to renew
that old Slander of the King's giving Pafles to di-
vers Papifts and Perfons of Quality, who headed
the Rebels ; of which he fo cleared himfelf, that he
demanded Reparation for it, but could not have
it, albeit no Shew of Proof could be produced for
that Allegation ; as is moft plainly to be feen in
the firft Book of the Collection of all Remon-
ftrances, Declarations, &c. Fol. 69 and 70.
' Thus having given a particular Anfwer to the
moft material Points in this Declaration, the reft
are fuch frivolous, malicious, and many of them
groundlefs Calumnies, that Contempt is the beft

« Anfwer

February.

Ag Ordinance
J'or railing
a 0,000 /. per
i -i intern for Re-
lief »$ Ireland.

Parliamentary HISTORY

* Anfwer for them. Yet one Thing more I muft
c obferve, that they not only endeavour to make
' Fables pafs for current Coin, but likewife fcekto

* blind Men's Judgments with falfe Inferences upon

* fome Truths : For Example j it is true that the

* King hath faid in fome of his Speeches or Decla-
1 rations, that he oweth an Account of his Aftions to
' none but God alont j and that the Houfes ofParlia-
' went) joint or feparate, have no Power either t9
4 make or declare any Law ; but that this is a fit
' Foundation for all Tyranny, I mult utterly deny.

* Indeed if it had been faid, That the King,
' without the two Houfes of Parliament, could
' make or declare Laws, then there might be

* fome Strength in the Argument ; but, before this
c Parliament, it was never fo much as pretended,
4 that either or both Houfes, without the King,

* could make or declare any Law ; and certainly his
' Majefty is not the firft, and I hope will not be
' the laft King of England, that hath not held him-
1 felf accountable to any earthly Power : Befides it
1 will be found that his Majefty's Pofition is moft

* agreeable to all divine and human Laws ; fo far
4 it is from being deftructive to a Kingdom, or a

* Foundation for Tyranny.

' To conclude: I appeal to God and the World,
' whether it can be paralleled by Example, or war-
4 ranted by Juftice, that any Man fhould be flan-

* dered, yet denied the Sight thereof ; and fo far

* from being permitted to anfwer, that, if he has

* erred, there is no way left him to acknowledge
4 or mend it: And yet this is the King's prefent

* Condition ; who is at this Time laid afide, be-

* caufe he will not confent that the old fundamental

* Laws of this Land be changed, Regal Power de-

* ftroyed, nor his People fubmitted tx> a new, arbi-

* trary, tyrannical Government.'

Feb. 18. This Day a very long Ordinance, ma-
king no lefs than fixty Pages in the Lords Jour-
nals, was paflfed by both Houfes. It was to raife
' 2OjOOO/. ptr Menftm) for fix Months, towards
2 the

of E N G L A N D. 43

the Relief of Ireland^ and Support of the Engl'ijh A». ^^> C»r. I-

Forces in that Kingdom. It is drawn like our v_^ j ,

modern Land-Tax Bills, where each particular February.
Sum, charged upon every County in England^ to-
gether with the Commiffioners Names, is fpeci-
fied ; but it is much too long and tedious for our
Purpofe. Nothing offering material enough for
our Notice, we pafs on to,

Feb. 29, Both Houfes fat on this Day, it being
Leap Year, when a Letter from the Earl of Not-
tingbam,then at Edinburgh, dated February 22, 164^,
and feveral Papers inclofed, were read.

To the Right Hon. EDWARD Earl of M A N-
CHESTER, Speaker of the Houfe of PEERS pro
Tern pore.

Alay it pleafe your Lordjhipt

ON Friday the i8th of February we arrived A Series of Letr
at Edinburgh, where the Gentlemen, Com- ^Jj^^1
mifiioners from the Houfe of Commons, who ,Phe Scot's ParHa-
came hither before us, gave us to underftand that mem andtheEn-
they had fent a Letter to the Lord-Chancellor, a^^Slf'ai
Copy whereof is here inclofed. Edinburgh.

« On Saturday the igth the Lord-Chancellor
came to us, fent from the Committee of Eftates,
to fee our Commiffion, or Letters of Credence ;
which we (hewed him : Upon Sight whereof,
finding they were directed to the Parliament of
Scotland^ he was pleafed to tell us, That the laft
Parliament was determined, and this was not
yet met, thereupon we were neceffitated to
(hew him fo much of our Inftructions, as did di-
rect us to make Application to the Committee of
Eftates, and did warrant the Paper lately fent to
them. All which being comprehended in a Let-
ter from the Chancellor, and an Anfwer to it, I
have inclofed( fent you Copies of them both ; and
becaufe we might poflibly be delayed till the Par-
liament (it, which is more than a Week to come,

« we

7%e Parliamentary HISTORY

we did, confidering the State of Affairs here, add
_ fomething in the End of your Letter, which we

February. * thought was for your Service, the promoting
' whereof (hall be the conftant Endeavours of,

Your Lord/hip's bumble Servant,

C. NOTTINGHAM.

The LETTER to the LORD-CHANCELLOR of
Scotland, from the CommiJJioners of the Houfe
of Commons , referred to in the foregoing.

Edinburgh , Feb. 10, 164!-.
fylay it pleafe your Lord/hip,

E are lent from both Houfes of the Par-
liament of England, Commiflioners unto
the Committee of Eftates and Parliament of the
Kingdom of Scotland ; and hearing that the Com-
mittee of Eftates do meet this Day, we do intreat
your Lordfhip to move them on our BehaJf,
that they would be pleafed to appoint in what
Way v/e may impart to them what we have in
Command from both Homes with as much Speed
as may (land with their Conveniency, wherein
you will do a fpecial Favour unto,

My Lord,

Tour Lord/kip's mofl humble Servants,

W. ASHURST,
JO. BIRCH.

d COPY of the LORD-CHANCELLOR of Scotland's
ANSWER.

Holyrood-Houfe, Feb. u, 164^-.
Right Honourable,

* I Did communicate your Letter Yefterday to
« A the Committee of Eftates, who have com-

* manded me to make known to you, that they
« will take your Defire into Confideration, and re-

* tuin

9f ENGLAND. 45

« turn an Anfwer fpeedily ; and I (hall be ready, An. ^3 Car.
* upon all Occafions, to teftify that I am, *7'

February.
Teur mojl humble Servant,

L O U D O N.

A CoPY of a fecond LETTER from the Commif-
Jioners of tbe Houft of Commons to the Chancellor of
Scotland.

Edinburgh, Feb. 15, 164^.
May itpleafe your Lordjhip,
\\T E do acknowlege your Lordfhip's Favour,
in prefenting the Defires in our former
Letter unto the Right Honourable the Commit-
tee of Eftates ; and now, after we have refided
here fo many Days, we judge it our Duty both
to let your Lordfhips know in general wherefore
we are fent to them, and to enable ourfelves to
give forrte Account to the Parliament of England
what we do in Purfuance of their Commands j
therefore we do further humbly intreat yourLord-
fhip to communicate the inclofed Paper to the
Right Honourable the Committee of Eftates,
whofe Refolutions we fhall attend concerning the
Way of our further Proceedings.

My Lord,

Tour Lord/hip's mojl humble Servants,

W. ASHURST,
JO. BIRCH.

A COPY of the firjl PAPER fent from the Engllfli
Commijjionets to the Committee of EJiaies of Scot-
land.

Edinburgh, Feb. 15,164^.

XX7 E the Commiffioners of both Houfes of
the Parliament of England, have in Charge
from them to declare unto the Committee of
Eftates, Convention of Eftates, or Pailiament of
the Kingdom of Scotland, That it is their un-

* feigned

46 *Fhe Parliamentary HISTORY

An. *3 car. I. « feigned Defire, and fhall be their conftant En-

t T ?' ^ c deavour, to maintain and preferve a good Corre-

Fcbruary. * fpondency, a right Underftanding, and a bro-

* therly Agreement between the Parliament and

* Kingdom of England, and the Parliament a'nd

* Kingdom of Scotland; and that they do fmcerely
' intend to do all Things which, with Honour and
' Juftice, lies in their Power, to give Satisfaction

* to their Brethren of Scotland ; to the which End

* they have fent us, that all contrary Impreflions,

* that poffibly may arife, may be refuted, and their

* unfeigned Defires manifefted ; and to continue

* the happy Conjunction between the two King-

* doms in that one common Caufe, and againfl the

* common Enemy, wherein they have been fo long,

* with the Bleflmg of God, united ; it being that

* whereunto we are deedly obliged, by fo many

* mutual Engagements, ami wherein the Glory of
' God, the Intereft of all them that profefs the
' true Reformed Religion, and the Tranquillity

* and Peace of both thefe Kingdoms, are fo rnu-

* tually concerned : Upon which Confideration?

* we cannot doubt but that the like Affection and
' Defire will be manifefted by the Par! lament of the

* Kingdom of Scotland, by your Lord/hips, and by
' all others in Truft and Power under you.

By Command of the CommiJJioners far the Parila •
ment of England.

JO. SQUIBB, Secretary.

A COPY of a LETTER from the Lord-Chancellor of
Scotland to the Englifti CommiJJioners, concerning
his communicating to the Committee of Eft at es their
Dejire to make known to them their CommiJJkn and
Power from both Houfes of the Parliament of
England.

Holyr ood- Houfe, Feb. 21, 164^.
My Lords and Gentlemen,

« T Received your Letter of the I5th, with the
' ••• inclofed Paper, which I communicated to the
* Committee of Eftates, who have appointed me
6 to defire you would be pleafed to make known

« the

^ENGLAND. 47

c the Commiflion or Power you have from the two An- 23 Car- L
* Houfes of the Parliament of England-, after t ' *7' .
« which they will take your Defires fpeedily into February.
' Confideration.

* This being all I have in Command at this
« Time, I reft,

My Lords and Gentlemen^

Tour mojl humble Servant ,

LOUDON

A COPY of the CommiJJioners ANSWER to the fore-
going LETTER.

Edinburgh , Feb. 22, 164^.
My Lord)
' HT"* H E laft Night we received, in a Letter

* JL from your Lordfhip, that which, upon Sa~
4 turday the igth of this Month, you was pleafedto

* deliver us by Word of Mouth from the Com-
f mittee of Eftates ; in Anfwer whereunto we did
4 then {hew unto your Lordfhip our Letters of

* Credence unto the Parliament of Scotland; where-

* of, becaufe we had a Duplicate, we have, for
4 better Satisfaction, fent you inclofed one of the
4 Originals, which we doubt not will give Satif-

* faction unto the Right Honourable the Commit-
4 tee of Eftates, to whom both Houfes of the Par-
4 liament of England are fo defirous to fhew all
4 Refpeft, that we are confident they would have

* alfo fent to them a particular Letter of Credence
4 if it had been judged neceflary or ufual j befides,
4 we did then fhcw unto your Lordfhips, that both
4 Houfes of the Parliament of England did, upon
4 the 29th of January laft paft, give Inftrudliom
4 (which, having the Force of an Ordinance of

* Parliament, are both a Commiflion and Inftruc-
4 tion) unto Char las Earl of Nottingham^ Henry
4 Earl of Stamford^ Bryan Stapylton^ Robert Gcod-
4 win, William Ajburft^ and John Birch, Efqrs.
4 appointed Commiflloners to the Kingdom of

4 Scotland,

48 The Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 23 Car. I. « Scotland; and we did then let your Lordfhip fee

k \ 7' t * fo much of our Inftru&ions, as did make it ap-

February. * Pear tnat tne ^a^ Commiflioners, or any two of
' them, were commanded, in the Name of both

* Houfes of the Parliament of England^ ta make

* Addrefles not only unto the Parliament of this
' Kingdom, but alfo the Convention or Committee
' of Eftates ; and that we had fufficient Warrant in
' thofe Inftru&ions for our Paper of the I5th of
' February Inftant, now mentioned in your Lord-
' (hip's Letter ; wherein we did declare the unfeign-

* ed Defire of the Parliament of England to preferve

* and continue a good Underftandin^ and brothey-
' ly Agreement betwixt thofe two Kingdoms, who
' are, by the Blefling of God, in fo happy a Con-
' junction ; and now, having this Opportunity, we
' do intreat your Lordfliip to prefent from us this
' further Defire unto the Right Honourable th^Com-

* mittee of Eftates, that they would entertain no
« Mifapprehenfion of the Proceedings of the Parlia-

* ment of England; but, if any fuch mould be,
' that we may be heard ; it being the Refolution-

* of the Parliament of England to give Satisfaction

* to the Parliament of Scotland in all juft and ho-
' nourable Things ; which is all wherewith we

* ftiall at prefent trouble your Lordfhip, but {ball
« wait upon the further Refolution of the Commit'
' tee, and remain,

My Lord,

Tour Lordjhips mo/J humble Servants,
C. NOTTINGHAM.
W. ASHURST.
JO. BIRCH.

The fame Day, Fib. 29, the Commons paffed
4 long Declaration they had drawn up, in Anfwer
to one the Scots Commiflioners had printed and
publifhed in Scotland, intituled, the Anfivcr of the
CommiJJioners of the Kingdom of Scotland to bstb
Houfes of Parliament upon the new Propofitians cf
Peace, and the four Bills fent to his Mojtjly ; and

concerning

I

e/* ENGLAND. 49

c&ncerning the Proceedings of the f aid Commijfioners in An. 23 Car. I.
the IJle of Wight. This Declaration had been fe-t l647'
veral Days debated, and many Divifions thereupon,
but was at laft agreed to by a Majority of 69 Voices
againft 40, and ordered to be lent to the Lords for
their Concurrence,

March 2. Some Attempts made for the Duke of
Tory's Efcape from St. James's being difcovered, his
Highnefs thought fit, for Fear of ftri&er Confine-
ment, to write the following Letter to the Houfe
of Lords :

To the Earl of MANCHESTER, Speaker of the
Houfe of LORDS,

My Lord,

Underftand there was a Letter of mine inter- A Letter from
cepted going to my Father, which I confefs *e Puke ofr

r*ii*<- t/» i i icilc, excfiing

was a Fault j and therefore delire you to let the his Atutnpt to
Houfe know, that I will engage my Honour and make his Efcape
Faith, never to engage myfelf any more in fuch g
Bufinefs. My Requeft is, that I may continue
where I now am j in doing which you will much
oblige me, who am,

Your cffcRionate Friend,

J. YORK.

A Committee of Lords was hereupon appointed Relations of
to go and take the Duke's Engagement from his 'he Houfe of

\ K i • . • r? i i T-I Lords thereupon,

own Mouth ; and it was this Day ordered^ l hat,

upon the Duke of York's Letter, the Lords had con-
defcended to give fa much Credit to the Engage-
ment and Ingenuity expreited in it, and to the
Tendernefs of his. Years, as to pafs by all fuch Re*
folutions as they might juftly have taken upon this
Occafion ; and to defire the Earl of Northumber-
land that he would ftill continue under his Care
the faid Duke and the reft of the fcing's Children,
which are now under the Protection of the Parlia-
VOL. XVII. D

*fbe Parliamentary HISTORY

ment : Moreover, that the faid Earl fliould be de-
fired from Time to Time, to difmifs from attending
on the Duke and the reft of the King's Children?
all fuch Perfons as he {hall conceive to be any wife
ill-affe&ed, or likely to promote any ill Defigns to
the Prejudice of the Parliament. Likewife that all
Papifts, or fuch other Perfons as have been in
Arms, or adhered to the King in this War againft
the Parliament, be reftrained from coming or
fpeaking to the Duke and the reft, but iu the Pre-
fence of the Earl of Northumberland ; 2. id that the
faid Earl fhould take Care that none of hi.r Servants
fufFer fuch Refoi t ; and if any Perfons mould pre-
fume to profs in, contrary to thefe Inftrudlions, that
Intelligence be forthwith fent of it to one or both
Houfes of Parliament. Hampton-Court was alfo
ordered to be fitted up for the King's Children.

The fame Day, March 2, Mr. Natbanael
Fiennes carried up the Declaration of the Com-*
mons, in Reply to the Scots CommifTioners Anfwcr
to the Proportions of Peace, to the Houfe of Lords ;
who, the next Day, pafled it with fome Altera-
tions, which they ordered to be fent back to the
Commons for their Approbation. This Queftion
was carried almoft unanimoufly, the Earl of Man-
" cbe/ler only entering his Diflent againft it.

This Declaration was afterwards ordered, by both
Houfes to be printed and difperfed in the ufual Man-
ner, alfo to be tranflated into Latin and French ;
but is not entered in the Journals of either Houfe :
We have feen a printed Copy thereof, confifting of
95 Pages in Quarto ; but feveral Leaves being torn
out, we (hall endeavour, in fome Meafure, to fup-
ply the Want of it, by exhibiting the following
Piece of Mr. Martin's upon the Occafion, which
jfeems to contain the main Purport of the Parlia-
ment's Declaration, and runs thus (a] :

The

(a] The Anfwer of the Scott Comrmffioners to the Propositions we
have before given, from the Lords Journals, in our Sixteenth Volume
p. 437..— >In Mr. Rufo<u>ortb's Co'ltSitHt, Vol. VII. p. io*r, there
are only three Paragraphs of the Parliament** Declaration.

of E N G L A N D. 51

'An. 23 Car. I.

The Independency of ENGLAND endeavoured to be ifi47«
maintained again/I the Claim of the SCOTS COM- * . J

MISSIONERS, by HENRY MARTEN, a Member of
Parliament*

O reftify, not to upbraid you: You have, Mr. Mart;n'a
for divers Years together, been very well Reply to the

* intreated by us of this Nation, and that from a ^°tesrsc°^,mir*

* Willingnefs we ever had, as upon all Occafioiis, totheEngiUh
' fo particularly in your Perfons, to manifofl the Propositions of
' brotherly Refpec~l we bear towards them who fent Peice«

* you: Upon the fame Account many former

* Boldnefles and Provocations of yours have been

* winked at by the Parliament, as, I am confident,

* your laft Anfwer would likewife be, did you not

* therein feem to have remained here fo long, as to

* have quite forgotten why you came.

' You may therefore pleafe to remember, that it

* was no Part of your firft Bufihefs (whatever fup-

* plemental Commiffions may have fince been pro-

* cured for a further Exercife of our Patience fince

* you came among us) to fettle Religion, nor to

* make a Peace in England ; fo as all thofe devout-

* like and amicable Endeavours, for which you
' think to be thanked, were not only Intrufions

* into Matters unconcerning you, but fo many Di-

* verfions from per forming, as you ought, what

* was properly committed to you.

' As for our Religion ; fince the Zeal of your

* Countrymen would needs carry their Care there*
' of fo far from home, methinks their Divines, now

* fitting with ours at Wefltmnfter^ might excufe

* your Trouble in this Particular, or at leaft might

* teach you, by their Pra&ice, that your Advice
4 therein to the Parliament is to be but an Advice,
' and that an humble one.

* As for the other Particular of Peace j it is true

* that, about three Years ago, here were Ambaf-

* fadors from our Neighbours of the Loiu C&un-

* tries t who, having found the King almoft weary

* of fighting, made. Ufe of their Privilege, and

D 2 « did

The Parliamentary H r s T o R *

• ' did his Errand inftead of their Matters j which
c was with big Words to beg a Peace.

' After that, when the King's Caufe had no-
' thing left to lean upon, but the Treachery of our

* falfe Friends and Servants, an AmbaiTador from

* our Neighbours of France did, en paflant^ make a

* certain Oveiture of Accord betwixt the Crown

* and the Head : But your Employment here from

* our Neighbours of Scotland had fo little Relation
' to Peace, that your only Work was to join Coun-

* fels with a Committee of ours, in ordering and
' difpofing fuch auxiliary Forces as that Kingdom
' fliould fend into this for carrying on the War.

1 As to the Delays you charge upon the Parlia-*
' ment, in that they anfwer your Papers fometimes
' late, and fometimes not at all, yet require percmp-
' tory and fpeedy Refolutions from you, as if their
< Dealings were unequal towards you ; I hope you

* will give over making fuch Conft.ru6t.ions, when
' you fhall confider how much more Bufinefs lies
' upon their Hands than upon yours ; and how

* much flower Progrefs the fame Affairs muft needs

* find in paffing both Houfes, than if they were

* to be difpatched only by four or five Commif-

* fioners. Were not I confcious to this Truth,
' and to the abundant Civility they have always

* {hewn for you in their undelayed reading, prefent
4 referring, and Defire of complying with, what

* you fend them, fo far as might confift with their

* Duty to this Common-wealth, and that they

* want nothing but Time to fay fo, I fhould never

* have prefumed to truft fo great a Caufe upon the
4 Patronage of fo rude a Pen. Neither indeed is it

* left there, my Defign being to let the World

* imagine how ftrong a Stream of Juftice runs on

* our Side, when I dare oppofe the Reafons of my

* fmgle Bark againft all the Advantages of N umber,

* Abilities, and Countenance that you can meet
' me with.

4 For Order's Sake, I {hall take the Pains to fet
« the Body of your Diicourfc as upright as 1 may

^ENGLAND. 53

c (its Prolixity and Perplexity confidered) upon An> 2? Car-
' two Feet. v_J647l_/

* One is, The Claim you make In Behalf of the March.
c Kingdom of Scotland, to the Infpeftion of, and

* Conjitn&'ion in, the Matter of our Laws and the

* Conditions of our Peace.

' The other, miftaking the firft for evinced, is,

* Tour telling us what you think fit, and what unfit^
' for us to ejtablijh in our Church and State, and what

* Way you conceive mojl proper for obtaining of a

* Peace betwixt the King and us ; together with the

* Proofs wherewith you feek to fortify your Jeveral

* Opinions.

' It would give your firft Foot too much Ground

* to hold Difpute with you upon the fecond j
4 therefore, fince a Man may fee by your Forward-

* nefs in printing and publifhing both thefe and
.' other your Tranfa&ions with the Houfes, that
' your Arguments, like the King's in his Meffages,

* are not framed fo much to fatisfy the Parliament,
% as to beget in the People a DifTatisfafHon towards
' the Parliament, I will, Qod enabling me, take a
' Time apart to undeceive my Countrymen con-
' cerningboth the King and you, by laying the

* Hook as open as the Bait in all your Lines ; and,
6 for the prefent, apply myfelf only to the fliewing
c you, that when you mail have offered your Coun-
? fel to the Parliament of England^ (as for ought I

* know any one Man may do unto another) in Mat-

* ters concerning this Kingdom only, though the

* mod wholefome Counfel that ever was or can be
c given, and the Parliament mall not approve of it,
' nor have fo much as a Conference upon it, it is
£ no more Manners in you than it would be in the

* fame Number of Spaniards, Indians, or of the
4 moft remote Region of the Earth, to prefs it again ;
.* to infift upon it, and to proclaim your Unfatisfac-

* tion in it.

* Let us, with your Favour, confider your Pre-
? tcnces : Ton do not aim, as yourfelves profefs (a),

D 3 ' • 04

(a] In our Sixteenth Volume, p, 439.

54 72tf Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 23. Cjr.1. < at Jharing in our Rights, Laivs, nor Liberties, bat

CJL ' *7' , * i» a/Zw Matters, viz. y«f/> ai <?/f/tfr /'» //w'r m;z

Much. ' Nature, or by Ccmpaft, are common to both King-

* doms ; which I take the more Notice of, bccauib
' one would fuppofc you to be grown kinder now
c than you were the other Day, when you went

* about .to make us believe, that nothing in our

* Laws did properly belong to us, but the Form

* and Manner of Proceeding therein, the Matter

* of them being held in common with the King-
' dom of Scotland ; and therefore, and for their Pof-

* fibility of containing fomethirg prejudicial to that

* Kingdom, to be revifed by you before they re-

* ceive their Perfection.

' But the Truth is, you are flill where you were,

* only the People's Ears are, by this Time, fo ha-
' bituated to the Dcctnn.s you frequently fo\v
' among them ; thofe Doctrines fo improved by

* your Seminaries, who find their own Intereft in-
' terwoven with yours, and the Parliament feeming

• * but a Looker-on, that you perfuade yourfelves

* any Thing will pafs that you ihall fet your Stamp

* on ; otherwife you would certainly have been
' afhamed to difavow the butying yourfelves with,

* our Rights, Laws, and Liberties, and, with the

* fame Breath, to difpute our Rights, correct our

* Laws', and infringe our Liberties,

* Nay, contrary to that moderate Conceffion of

* yours, you do, in this Anfwer, intrench upon the

* very Form and Manner of our Bills and Propofi-

* tions ; and, as if the marfjialling thun, the put-

* ting them into Rank and File, were to be by your

* Order, you take upon you to appoint which of our

* Defires (hall have the Van, and which the Rear,

* in this Expedition-

* And (which is the moft pleafant Part of the
c Story, if it would take, as truly fuch a Thing

* might have done, when you and we were firft
' acquainted) though the Parliament of England*
' as I told you even now, would not order the
' Motions of the Sects Army that ferved us in our.

* Coun.ry, and for our Pay, but by Ccnjunctiorv

of E N G L A N D. 55

of Councils with Commiflioners of that King- An. 23 Car
dom; yet you (as you could not forbear meddling
with our Army when it was in modelling, fo) do in
this Paper continue the Office you put yourfelves
into, of difpofmg, diibanding, difmembring, cate-
chizing, and reviling this Army of ours j .the great-
eft Bulwark, under God, of our Liberties, and
which yet had proved ineffe&ual, if your Coun-
fels had been followed, or your Importunities re-
garded.

' Since then your Way of adviflng us is not in
a modeft or fubmitting Manner, but as if you
meant to pin your Advice upon us whether we
will or no, give me Leave, I pray you, to exa-
mine qua fiducib j promifing you faithfully for
my Part, that whenfoever you fliall bring the
Matters contefted for, within the Rules of your
own fetting down, that is, either In Nature or
by Covenant^ or by Treaty ', to be of a mixed Con-
cernment^ I will either not deny you a joint In-
tereft in them, or acknowledge myfelf to have
no more Honour nor Confcience in me, than he
may be faid to have, who, being mtrufted for his
Country, gives up their deareft Rights to the next
Stranger that demands them without fo much as
arguing the Point.

* Your Arguments, by my Computation^ arc
five, and, if I underftand them, fpeak thus :
ARC. i. ' The fame common Inter -eft upon which
Scotland was incited and engaged in the War^
ought to be continued, (fo I read you, and not im-
proved^ that being a wild Expreffion, and reaching
neither you nor I know whither) in making the
Peace.

f For Anfwer thereunto : Should I admit it, the
Word invited put you in Mind that your Coun-
trymen came not to the War before they were
called ; keep you the fame Method in accedendu
ad Conjilium, and we mail ftill be Friends. But
I cannot fubfcribe to this Pofition, for I believe
it was a Duty that the People of Scotland did owe
unto them/elves to give us their Aififbnce in the
D 4 « Jatc

56 *fke Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 13 Ctr. I. < late War, though they had not been invited ; yet

l647' i ' ^ot^ '*• not f°M°w fr°m thence that when the

March. * War is ended (as you often fay it is, and yet

' moft riddins;ly take huge Pains for Peace) they

' are bound to mingle with us in our Councils, nor

* help us to fettle our own Kingdom, which we

* think ourfelves able to fettle well enough without
c them ; at leaft without their Prejudice to whom

* a good Peace or a bad, fo as it be a Peace, is the
< fame Thing. For Inftance, the Law of this
' Land that gives me Leave to pull down my
c Neighbour's Houfe when it is on P'ire, in order

* to the quenching of it for the fecuringof my own,

* will not authorize me, againft his Will, to fet

* iny Foot within hisThrefhold, when the Fire is

* out ; though I make it my Errand to direct him

* in the rebuilding of his Houfe, and pretend the

* teaching him fo to contrive his Chimnies as may,
' in all Probability, prevent, for the future, a like
' Lofs to him, alike Danger to myfelf.

ARC. 2. * You demand the fame Conjunftion of

* Inter efts to be given you, that was had of you.
6 There I join IfTue with you, and profefs, That

* if ever the Parliament of England, or any Autho-

* rity derived therefrom, did offer to put a Finger

* into the proper Affairs of Scotland^ or into the

* Government, Civil, Ecclefiaftical, or Military of

* that Kingdom, and being once required to defift,

* did, notwithstanding, profecute their Title of
' advifmg, volentibus nolentibus, I {hall readily, fo far

* as in me lies, gr^nt you to have a Hand with us in

* the managing of this Kingdom, and the Govern,-,

* ment thereof.

ARC. 3. ' You affirm, Tljat the Covenant enter-^

* ed into beiivixt us^ makes you Co-partners with us in
6 every Thing there mentioned •> by which Reckoning,

* neither this Nation, nor that of Scotland^ ham
6 any Right, Law, or Liberty which either can
' properly and diftin&ly call its own, but both In-

* terefts are jumbled together, and the two King-
r' <ioms are not confederate, but incorporated.

* Concerning

of E N G L A N D. 57

« Concerning the Covenanr, therefore, which An- ^3 Car. fj

* myfelf, among others, confidering it firft as well ._/ *7' ^

* as I could, have taken, I fhall fhortly give you jnarch.

* my Senfe in relation to the Point before us.

Firft^ ' I do not conceive the Parties to that

* League intended thereby to beeverlaftingly bound

* each to other; the Grounds of ftriking it being

* meerly occasional, for the joining in a War to

* fupprefs a common Enemy : Accordingly we
1 did join j the Enemy is, if we be wife, fupprefTed,

* and the War, as you fay, ended 5 what fhould the
4 Covenant do, but, like an Almanack of the laft
c Year, {hew us rather what we have already done,

* than what we be now to do ?

' Secondly, ' What would it do, were it renewed

* and made perpetual ? Thus much it faith in my
' Opinion, and no more, W^henfoever you fhall be

* violently hindered in the Exercife of that Reli-

* gion you had amongft you. at the Time of the

* Engagement, and fhall require our Afliftance,
' we rriuft afford it you for the Removal of that

* Violence. In like Manner, whenfoever we fhali
' be fo hindered in the Exercife of that Religion

* which we, according to that Covenant, fhall

* eftablifh here, upon Requeft to you made for

* that Effect, you are tied to aflift us: And fo
*• throughout all the other Claufes refpectively and
' equally ; carrying this along with you, we are

* hereby obliged to the reciprocal Defence of one
' another, according to the Declaration of the

* Party wronged in any of the Particulars there
c comprifed, without being cavilled at, or fcrupled

* by the Party invoked ; whether your Religion

* be the fame it was, or ours the fame it fhould
' be j "whether the Bounds of your Liberties or ours

* be not enlarged beyond their then Line ; whether
6 your Delinquents or ours be juftly fo or no ; for
' the native Rights of both Peoples being the prin-

* cipal, if not the only. Thing we looked on when

* we fwore, we do not keep our Oath in preferving

* thofe Rights, if we do not allow this Mafter-
' Right to each fevcral People j namely, to be fole

* Judges

58 'The Parliamentary HISTORY

Judges within themfelves, what Religion they
will fet up, what Kind of Laws they will have,
what Size, what Number of Magiftrates they hold
fit to execute thofe Laws, and what Offenders to
be tried by them. Hereupon you know we did
not enquire at all how othordox your Religion
was before we vowed to maintain you in it j that
is, in the quiet profeffing of it, not in the theolo-
gical Truth of it, a Bufmefs for a Univerfity per-
haps, not for a Kingdom j being well affured it
was eftablifhed by them who had all the Authority
that is vifible to chufe for themfelves, and couhj
not, without apparent Breach of Order, and In-
jury to Fundamentals, be difturbed in theExer/?
cife of what they had fo chofen.
f So far is the plain Text of this Covenant from
confounding Interefts, that it clearly fettles and
confirms them upon the feveral Bafes where it
found them. And it would not be unworthy of
you to take heed left this Covenant, upon which
you feem to fet fo high a Rate, be not as eafily
violated as flandered, fmce the moft deadly Wars
have been faid at leaft to begin with Mifunder-
ftandings.

ARC. 4. c Your mtitling yourfelves to a Conu-
fance in the Conditions of our Peace, and confe-
quently in the Matter of our Laws, when they
relate to an Agreement, as I confefs the four
Bills do which were fent, .is grounded upon a
very great Miftake of the eighth Article Jin the
Treaty ; the Words w hereof are indeed very
rightly recited by you, and the Article itfelf fo
rational, fo ordinary, fo neceflary, in all Wars
joined in by two States, that I do almoft wonder
as much what Need there was to have inferted it,
as I dp how it is poffible for you to miftake it. It
ftands briefly thus ; One of you (for the Purpofe)
and I (pardon, if you pleafe, the Familiarity of
the Inftance) have folemnly engaged ourfelves
each to other for our mutual Aid againft a third,
Perfon, becaufe we conceived him too ftrong for
either of us Jingle, of becaufe prig of us doubted

« he

«?/ E N G L A N D. 59

* he might have drawn the other of us to his Party, An. 23 Car. I.

* if not pre-engaged againft him; but which foever

* of us was firft in the Quarrel, or whatever was

* the Reafon of the other's coming in, we are en-
4 gaged ; .and, though there were no Writings

* drawn betwixt us, no Terms expreffed, were not

* I the verieft Skellum that ever looked Man in the

* Face, if I fhould (hake Hands with the common

* Adverfary and leave you fighting ? Againft fuch a

* Piece of Bafenefs (fuppofing it be like to be in

* Nature) this Article provides, and fays, That fmce

* thele two Kingdoms were content to join in a War,

* which, without God's great Mercy, might have

* proved fatal to them both, neither of them fliall

* be fuffered to make its Peace apart ; fo as if the
' Parliament of Scotland^ upon Confideration of

* Reafons occuring to themfelves, fhould offer to
' re-admit the King into that Kingdom (I fay not

* with Honour, Freedom, and Safety, but) in Peace

* the Parliament of England might ftep in and forbid
' the Banns, telling them we are not fatisfied that

* an Agreement fhould yet be made ; Jimiliter, if
' this Parliament would come to any Peace with
« him by Bills or Propofitions, or by what other

* Name foever they call their Plaifters, you may,

* being fo authorized, in Name of that Kingdom,
' or the Parliament thereof, intervene and oppofe ;
« telling us that you, who are our Fellow-Surgeons
' meerely in lancing of the Sore, are not fatisfied
« in the Time for healing of it up : But for you to
' read a Lecture to us upon our Medicaments and
' their Ingredients, to take Meafure of Wounds,

* and to prefer your Meafure before that of our
« own taking, was never dreamt on by the Framers
*. of this Article.

' Here it may perhaps be demanded, though not
< by you, whether (according to my Senfe of the

* Treaty, tying up both Kingdoms to a Confent

* in the Fiat, not in the jfWu fuerit, of Peace)

* if one fhould be obftinately bent to hang off, the

* other be necefiitated to welter everlaftingly in

' Blood,

60 -The Parliamentary HISTORY

Blood for want of fuch a Concurrence \ I anfwer*
Yes, for thefe Reafons :

' Firji) A wife Man will forefee Inconveniences
before he makes his Bargain, and an honeft Man
will ftand to his Bargain, notwithftanding all In-
conveniences.

' Secondly, There will be no great Encourage-
ment for any Obftinacy of that Kind, when~ it
{hall be remembered that the Party obftiucting
the Peace muft continue to join in the War, and
is liable to ail the Confequences thereof.
Thirdly^ c There is another and a more natural
Way to Peace and to the Ending of a War, than
by Agreement ; namely, by Conqueft. I think
he that plays out his Set at Tennis till he wins it,
makes as fure an End of it, and more fair, than
he that throws up his Racket when he wants but
a Stroke of up, having no other Way to rook
thofe of their Money that bet on his Side. If I
am trufted to follow a Suit in Law for Friends
concerned therein, together with myfelf, an<J
daub up a rotten Compromife with my Adverfa-
ry, my Fellows not confulted, but defiring the
Suit mould ftill go on, it is not fit they fhould be
bound thereby; but if I continue to do my Duty,
and bring the Caufe to a Hearing, to a Verdift
thereupon, and to Judgment upon that $ fuch an
End of the Quarrel I hope I may make without
their Leave ; and, if the Trial went with me?
certainly without their Offence.
* To return to the Nature of Confederacies. Is
the War wherein we are joined an Invafion from
without? Any one Man of either Side, if he
have Strength enough, hath Authority enough to
end it, by repelling the Invader. Is it a Rebellion
from within ? It were ftrange to think that any
Law or Engagement fhould hinder a fingle Maii
from ending it, if he be able, by fuppreffing of the
Rebels. The unworthy Friend in the Fable,
when his Companion and he met a Bear in the
Wood, might have been allowed to kill her him-

'fctf

of £ N G L A N D. 61

felf ; but he fhould not have fought his Safety in An- «fi3 Car.
a Tree, without taking his Friend along with t * *7'
him. March.

* One Thing more I (hall add to juftify the Rea-
fon of this eighth Article, fuch as might, for its
Clearnefs of being implied, have excufed its be-
ing lifted among the reft. Never did any People
that joined in Arms with a Neighbour Nation,
patch up a Peace apart with more Difhonour to
itfelf, than either of us fhould do, if we could
imagine ourfelves to be fo vile ; for the common
Enemy in this War is not a Stranger unto either
Kingdom, but the King of both ; fo as which
foever of the two clofeth with him by itfelf, be-
fore Confent that there fhall be at all a Clofure,
doth not only withdraw from the other thofe Aids
it fhould contribute, but, of a fworn Brother,
becomes an open Enemy.

' Here I muft obferve, that as you put an Inter-
pretation upon this Article which it will not
bear, and, from the Power you have thereby of
hindering us from agreeing with the King at all,
would enable yourfelves to pry into the Particulars • /
of our Agreement ; fo you do not once glance
at the Point which was the true genuine Scope of
the Article : You do not proteft againft our
making Peace with this Man, and give fuch Rea-
fons as Jehu did upon a lefs Occafion. You do
not wonder what Confidence we can repofe in
him, after all this Experience of him, and before
fo much as a Promife of any Amendment from
him : You do not warn us, by the Example of
your Countrymen, what a broken Reed we fhall
lean upon when we make a Pacification with
him : You do not remember us with what
Horror the Aflembly of your Church did look
upon his Mifdoings ; nor what Senfe both King-
doms had (notof a Reconcilement with him, but)
of fuffering him to corne near the Parliament of
England, until Satisfaction were given for the
Blood- which he had then caufed to be fhed in
thf three Kingdoms ; In fine ; you do not fay,

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62 The Parliamentary H I s T o R v

for you need not give us your Reafons, that you
will make no Peace with the King, therefore we
ought not ; but you do as bad as fay that you have
made your Peace already, and that not only with-
out our Confent, (in defpite of the Article which
you urge againft us) but without our Privity ;
that you are come to a Degree beyond being
Friends with him, to be Advocates for him ; not
in meditating that his Submiflion might be accept-
ed, his Crimes obliterated, and their Salary remit-
ted, but in aflerting the fame Caufe which we
have been all this while confuting with our
Swords ; the fame Caufe which, what Englijhman
or Scotfman foever (hall endeavour to maintain rrt
Arms is a declared Traitor to his Country ; and
if by his Tongue or Pen, in that Kingdom of the
two where he is no Native, a manifeft Incendiaryv
But there will be Time enough to do your Er-
rand into Scotland^ after I have proved England to
be a Noun Subftantive; againft which you have
the Shadow of one Argument left ftill.
' ARC. 5. The Strength of your laft Reafon is
this, Our Parliament hath formerly communicated
unto you the Matter of their Propsfetions and of their
Bills in order to Peace^ and generally^ indeed, what-
ever hath pajjed betwixt the King and ' us fmce the'
Conjunction of the two Kingdoms againft Inmz
Thereupon you have offered us your Advice con-
cerning the Particulars fo communicated, and we
have reconfidered them upon your Ad vice; fome--
times complying therewith, other Times making
it appear to you why we could not. You fayy
That Communication of Councils we would never have
, if we had not bten bound to it, which if -we

ever were* we /till are.
' Cuftom and epnftant Ufage, I acknowledge,
doth commonly obtain the Name of Law j but
the late P a6Hce of fome four or five Years hath
not an Afp^6t reverend enough to deferve the
Name of Luftom. It is as old, you will fay, as
ah Ufage can be that is grounded upon a Trea-
ty of the iiitiii; Age, and ihall be iuffiuent to lig-

o/ ENGLAND*

nify how the Parties to the Treaty did under-
ftand their own Meaning. I fliould not deny this
Pretence of yours to be more than colourable, March,
if you could prove that our Tranfaclions with
the King were imparted to you in relation to that
Engagement ; nay, if I could not fhew you upon
what other Ground we did, and that we could
not reafonably be imagined to do it upon that.
Firfty c To prove what the Parliament had in
their Intentions, when they advifed with you, I
believe you will not undertake ; efpecially this
being the firft Time, to my Remembrance, that
this Point came in queftion betwixt us. I fhalt
therefore endeavour to tell you, as near as I can,
having been an attentive Witnefs to moft of their
Debates upon that Subject:, what it was that
moved them to give your Challenge fo much Pro-
bability of Advantage as this amounts unto; You
a/k that now without being aujweredy which you
were not to have without asking. You were fo,
and that from thefe two Roots j one was the
extraordinary Care the Parliament had to omit
no Act, no Circumftance of Civility towards
you, which might exprefs or preferve the Amity
and Correfpondence betwixt them and your
Mafters, though they were not ignorant what
extreme Prejudice courteous and good-natured
Men have often drawn upon themfelves in their
dealing with Perfons of a contrary Difpofition.
Another was, fince both Kingdoms have been
embarked in the fame Caufe, as Men of
War, and were afterwards refolved to trade for
Peace ; fince the Commodities of both were to
be flowed in the fame Bottom, and bound for the
fame Port ; we thought it but an ordinary Piece
of Friendfhip for us, who could make no Mar-
kets when we fhould be arrived without your
Allowance, to open and let you fee, before we
launched, our feveral Parcels and Inftructions
concerning what we would export and what bring
homo ; not that we meant to confult you what
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64 The Parliamentary HISTORY

Kind of Merchandize you thought fitted for us
to deal in, (which, queftionlefs, is better known,
at the Exchange than at Edinburgh} nor to follow
fuch Advice therein, as you fhould give us with-
out afking, any farther than we liked it ; and fo
far the beft Merchant in London is content to be
ruled by the Swabber of his Ship; but merely to the
End you might, if you pleafed, from our Exam-
ple, arid from your Approbation of the Wares we
were refolved to deal in, furnifh that Kingdom,
whofe Factors you were, with Merchandize of the
fame Kind ; and for Evidence that the Freedom
we ufed towards you was no otherwife underftood
by you, you did actually underwrite divers of our
Bills of Lading, in thefe Syllables, Tfo like for
the Kingdom #/" Scotland.

6 It remains to be {hewed how little Reafon there
is you fhould fancy to yourfelves fuch a Ground
of the Parliament's former Opennefs to you, as .
you ftrive to father upon them ; for, firft, If they
had communicated their Propopofitions to you,
as conceiving the \Vord Agreement in the eighth
Article to comprehend all the Preparations to,
Materials of, and Circumftances in, an Agreement,
they would not have adhered, as many Times they
did, unto their own Refolutions, notwkhftanding
your reiterated DifTatisfaclion.
* Again : If they had conceived themfelves bound
to any fuch Thing by this Article, would they
not have thought the Kingdom of Scotland as-
much bound for their Parts ? Should we not
have been as diligent Infpeftors and Caftigators
of your Propofidons as you have made yourfelves
of ours ?

* When you (hall afk me, (fetting the Point of
Duty afide, and granting all that hath been done
by us in this Kind to have been voluntary) Why
we do not obferve the fame Forwardnefs in com-
municating our Matters to you, the fame Pa-
tience in expecting your Concurrence with us,
and the fame Eafmefs of admitting your Ha-
rangues and Difputations amongft us, which you

*• have

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have heretofore tafted at our Hands, and how we An* ^ Car* '•
are become lefs friendly than we were? I have this t ' 47' t
to fay, There is fomc Alteration in the Condition jMarch.
of Affairs : So long as we needed the Afliftance
of your Countrymen in the Field, we might have
Occalion to give you Meetings at Derby- Honfe^
and now and then in the Painted-Chamber ^ it be-
ino; likely that the Kingdom of Scotland might
then have a Fellow-feeling with .us for the
Wholefomenefs or Pernicioufnefs of your Coun-
fels ; whereas now fince we are able, by God's
Blefling;, to protect ourfclves, we may furely, with
his holy Direction, be fufHcient to teach ourfelves
how to go about our own Bufmefs, at leaft with-
out your tutoring, who h tve nothing in your
Consideration to look upon, but either your par-
ticular Advantage, or that of the Kingdom whence
you are. And as there is fome Alteration in Af-
fairs, fo there is very much in Perfans, I mean
in yourfelves, unlefs, being indeed the fame at
firfr. which now we find you, you only wanted an
Opportunity to appear ; but, whether you be
changed or difcovered, what Englijhrnan foever (hall
perufe the Papers that you have {hot into both
Houfes of Parliament, efpecially into the Houfe
of Commons, thefe two laft Years, but would as
lieve take Advice from the King as from you?
And if a Stranger (hould read them, he would
little fufpecl the Writers for Friends or Coun-
fellors, 'but for Pleaders, for Expoftulators, for
Seekers of a Quarrel ; and that (which is the
moft bitter Weed in the Pot) in the Behalf, not
fo much of them who did enploy you, as of him
againft whom you were employed, and againft
whom, if you were Scoiftnen^ Nature would teach
you to employ yourfelves.

* By this Time I hope you fee we have greater
Caufe to repent th:rt we have kept fuch Thorns
thus long in our Sides, than to return with the
Dug to the fame Vomit, and with the lazy Sow,
fcarce cleanfed of her former Wallowing, to be-
mire ourfelves a^ain. I be (low a little the more

VOL. XVII. E « Ink

66 *ft>c Parliamentary HISTORY

An. »3 Car. I. « Ink upon this Point, becaufe I would prevent

t l647' , ' like Claim hereafter, and have it left to the Li.

MarcL. * berty of this Nation, next Time they (hall be in-

* vaded or opprefTed, though they did once call in
' their Brethren of Scotland to their Aid, whether

* they will do fo any more or no.

1 Having gone through your five Arguments, at
c the End of your dozen Commandments, (fo I call
' Defires that mult not be flighted on Pain of in-

* curring the Guilt of violating Engagements, and
' of fuch Dangers as may enfure thereupon) I ob-

* ferve one Engine you ufe, whereon you lay more
' Weight than upon all you fay befide ; it begins
' with a Flourifh of Oratory, befpeaking a fair

* Interpretation of your Meaning, though your
' Motion be to take the Right Eye out of every one

* of our Heads ; then you think to make your De-

* fires legitimate with fathering them upon a King-

* dom and put us in Mind how well that King-
' dom hath deferved to reign over this : For to the
1 offering of Defires, as Defires, there needs no

* Merit, fure ; but fince your Opinion (that the

* Advantages of Honour lie all on that Side, and that

* Obligations of this Sort have not been as recipro-

* cal between both Nations, as thofe of Leagues
' and Treaties) will force my Pen upon this Sub-
' jedl:, I fhall let you know that fomewhat may be.

* faid, when Modefty gives Leave on this Side too ;
4 and yet all the Kindnefles we have received from

* Scotland (hall, by my Confent, not only be paid
c for, but acknowledged ; and I can be content to
*. believe that our Neighbours did not know how

* ill we were, till we were almoft paft Cure, and

* therefore came flowly to us : That they did not

* know how well we were in a Year after we had
' nothing for them to do, and therefore went flowly

* from us. Only I would have it confeffed, that
' the Fire we talk of was of your Countrymen's
' kindling ; began to burn at your Houfc, to be

f ' quenched at ours, and by our Hands.

« But

^ENGLAND. 67

c But admit this Nation had been merely paffive An- J?c

in this War, and did owe their Deliverance out ^

of the King's Talons wholly to the Scots Nation j Much.

if the Refcuer become a Raviflier, if they have

protected their own Prey, they have merited only

from themfelves, and have their Reward in their

Hands. What have we gotten by the Bargain ?

What have we faved ? What have we not loft ?

For if once you come to fetch away my Liberty

from met I {hall not afk you what othesJ Thing

you will leave me ; and the Liberty of a People,

governed by Laws, confifts in living under fuch

Laws as themfelves, or thofe whom they depute

for that Purpofe, (hall make Choice of. To give

out Orders is the Part of a Commartderj to give

Laws, of a Conqueror ; although our Norman

did not think fit fo to exercife his Right of Con-

queft : Nay, our Condition would be lower and

more contemptible, if we (hould fuffer you to

have your Will of us in this Particular, than if

we had let the King have his : For,

/Vr/?, c A King is but one Mafter, and there--
fore likely to fit lighter upon our Shoulders than
a whole Kingdom ; and if he {hould grow fo
heavy as cannot well be borne, he may be fooner
gotten off than they. You fhall fee a Monfieur'a
Horfe go very proudly under a fmgle Man, but
to be charge en Croupe, is that which Nature
made a Mule for, if Nature made a Mule at all.

Secondly^ ' The King never pretended to the
framing and impofing of Laws upon us as you
do ; he would have been content with fuch a ne-
gative Voice therein, as we allow you in the
making of our Peace with him. Did we fight,
rather than afford him to much, though feeming-
•ly derived unto him from his PredecefTors ; and
(hall we tamely give you more ? give you
that which your Anceftors nev-er yet durft afk of
ours ?

Thirdly, * It had been far more tolerable for the

* King, than for any foreign Nation, to have a

E 2 * Share

68

An. 15 Cir. I.
1647.

March.

The Parliamentary HISTORY

Share in the making of our Laws, becaufe he was
, likely to partake, and that largely, in the Benefit
of them, if good; in the Inconveniences, if bad ;
which Strangers are not : Nay, contrarily, it
is Matter of Envy and Jealoufy, betwixt Neigh-
bours to fee each other in a flourifhing Eftate : So
as the proper End of Laws being to advance the
People for whom they are made, in Wealth and
Strength, to the uttermoft, they are the moft in-
competent Judges of thofe Laws in the World

* whofe Intereft it is to hinder that People from
4 growing extremely rich or flrong.

* But what hath been already faid, and by a

* Word or two of Clofe, it will, I hope, appear,
' that the Claim you make to the voting with us
' in the Matter of our Laws and the Conditions of

* our Peace, as a Thing whereunto we ihould be

* obliged by Agreement, is,

I. * Miftaken in Matter of Fa£r; there being
« no fuch Engagement on either Side.

2.. ' Unreafonable ; for the Confiderationas bove-
' mentioned, and for being deftru£tive to the very
' Principles of Property.

3. * Unequal (notwithstanding the Reciproca-

* tion) more than Cyrus's Childifh Judgment was,
' in making the little Boy change Coats with the
' great one, becaufe his was long and the other's
' fhort ; for our Coats are not only longer than

* yours, but as fit for us that do wear them, as for
' you that would.

4. * Unufual ; there being no Precedent for it
** that I could ever read or hear of; and yet there
« have been Leagues betwixt States of a Uriclcr

* Union than this betwixt us, as offeniive and de-
' fenfive, ours only defenfive.

5. ' Unfafe ; for the keeping up of Hedges,

* Boundaries, and Diilin&ions, (I mean real and
' jurifdictive ones, not perfonal and titulary) is a

* furer Way to preferve Peace among Neighbours,
« than the throwing all open. And if every Man
' be not admitted wife enough to do his ownBuf;-
' nefs, whoever hath the longeft Sword will quick-

My

]y V
Nei-

^ENGLAND.

>e the wifeft Man, and difmherit all
hbours for Fools.

6. c Impoffible to be made Good to you, if it Mareh<
4 had been agreed; for the Parliament itfelf, from
4 whom you claim, hath not, in my humble Opi-
4 nion, Authority enough to erect another Autho-

* rity equal to itfelf.

* As for your Exhortations to Piety and Loyalty,
' wherewith you conclude: When you have a Mind
4 to offer Sacrifice to your God, and Tribute to

* your Emperor, (fince the one will not be mocked,
4 and the other fhould not) you may do well to do

* it of your own ; and to remember that the late
1 unnatural War, with all the Calamities that have

* enfued thereon, took its Rife from unnatural En-
4 croachments upon the feveral Rights and Liber-
4 ties of two Nations, refolved, it feems, to hold
4 their own with the Hazard of a War, and all the

* Calamities that can enfue thereon.'

HENRY MARTEN.

March 8. More Letters and Papers came from
the Earl of Nottingham and the other Englljh Com-
miflioners in Scotland j which were as follows :

To ths Right Hon. E D W A P D Earl of M A N-
CHESTER, Speaker of the Houfe of PEERS pro
Tempore.

Edinburgh^ Feb. 19, 1647.
May it pleafe your Lordjhip,

SINCE my laft tovour Lordfliip, theCommittee ..
c tr/i L j«j • n • More Lettm

or Eitates here did appoint a Committee to frnm theEngli&

hear us, and to receive fuch Papers as we (hould Comnriflioners
deliver them ; whereupon we met Yefterday ; and rcufldih"g "^J*
delivered to them the Papers, whereof the in-dSniiu,ftruc-'
clofed are Copies. We fhall attend upon their tionstothcm
Anfwers, and, as there fhall be Occalion, you fr'^ tht Padu"
fhall have a further Account from,

Tour Lord/hips mo ft faithful
and humble Servant^

C. NOTTINGHAM.

E 3 A COPY

7%e Parliamentary HISTORY

A CpPY of the ORDER of the Committee of Ejlates
of Scotland.

Edinburgh^ Feb. 23, 1647.

TH E Committee of Eftates give Commif-
fion to the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of
Lauderdale, the Earl of Lanerk, the Lord Lee, Sir
Charles Erskine^ Archibald Sydeferf, and Hugh Ken-
nedy, or any four of them, there being one of
each Eftate, to hear the Commifiioners of both
Houfes of the Parliament of England, and to re-
ceive any Papers from them, and to report the
farne to the Committee.'

ARCH. PRIMROSE.

COPY of a SECOND PAPER, delivered by the Com-.
mijjicners of England, concerning the Prefervation
efthe Union.

Edinburgh, Feb. 28, 164.7.

XTI7HEREAS your Lordfhips are now ap-
* * pointed by the Right Honourable the Com-
mittee of Eftates to receive our AddrefTes to
them, we the Commiffioners of the Parliament
of England, according to our Paper of the ifth,
and our Letter to the Lord Chancellor of thq
twenty-fecond, of this prefent February^ do again,
exprefs and declare unto your Lordftiips, in the
Name of both Houfes of the Parliament of Eng-
land^ their unfeigned Defire to preferve and
maintain a good Correfpondency and perpetual
brotherly Agreement betwixt the Parliament and
Kingdom of England and the Parliament and
Kingdom of Scotland ; and now again we de-
fire, that the Right Honourable the Committee of
Eftates would not entertain any Mifapprehei.-
fions of the Proceedings of the Parliament of
England; or, if there be any fuch, that they
would be pleafed to make them known to us who
are commanded to declare unto the Parliament,
Convention, and Committee of Eftates of this
Kingdom the Sincerity of the Intentions of both

* Hufe

^ENGLAND. 71

Houfes of the Parliament of England* to remove An. 23 Car. i.
whatever of that Kind may have arifen in, or been . * *7'
made upon, their Brethren of Scotland ; and they March,
are refolved to do whatever is juft and honourable
fqr the Satisfaction 'of this Kingdom.

By Command of the Commijftoners of the Parlia-
ment of England,

JQ. SQUIBB.

COPY of ths PAPER concerning tie Payment of the
100,000 1. due to the Kingdom of Scotland.

Edinburgh, Feb. 28, 164!.

XTT E the Commiflioners of the Parliament of
* England are commanded by them to make
known unto the Right Honourable the Commit-
tee of Eftates, Convention of Eftatcs, or Parlia-
ment of the Kingdom of Scotland^ that they have
taken into ferious Confideration the Payment or"
the ioo,ooo/. which was due unto our Brethren
of Scotland about the third of this Inftant February,
and however they could not get the Money ready
at that Pay, yet they have tal;en fuch a Courfe
as will be effectual to bringin fpeedily what Money
is not already brought in, Copies of which Refo-
lutions we do, for better Satisfaction, herewith
deliver to your Lordfhips ; and for iuch Part oi'
the faid Sum as was not paid at the a fare fa id
Time, both houfes will allow after the Rate of 8/.
per Cent, per Annum* for Forbearance, for fo much
as {hall be behind, until the whole be paid, which
we are confident will be very fpeedily.

By Command of the Commijjioncrs of the Parlia-
ment of En gland.

JO. SQUIB.

Next follow Copies of the Orders of both'
Houfes relating to the Arrears due to the Scots ;
but thefe are already given in our iixtcenth Volurru-,
P-5°3-

COPY

Tie Parliamentary HISTORY

72

An. 1 3 Car. I. Copy of a PAPER concerning the Scots Army
t l6*7' Ireland.

March.

Edinburgh., Feb. 28, 1 64^.
E the Comrr.ifiioners of the Parliament of
England have it in Charge to make known
unto the Right Honourable the Parliament, Con-
vention, or Committee of Eftates of the Kingdom
of Scotland, that however the great Troubles,
wherewith it hath pleafed God to exercife the
Kingdom of England, and their great Neceflities
and Occasions for Money incident thereunto,
have hitherto difenabled them to make thofe Pro-
vifions for the Scots Army in Ireland that they in-
tended and defired, yet they are fully refolved to
give them all the Satisfaction that lies in their
Power ; and therefore we are commanded, in the
Name of both Houfes, to offer unto the Parlia-
ment, Convention, or Committee of Eftates of
the Kingdom of Scotland, that both Houfes of the
Patliament of England will, if it be d2f;red, fend
Commiffioners into Uljler, in the Kinjdom of
Ireland, to (rate the Accounts of the laid Army ;
or, if yourLordfhips (hali rather defire to agree by
Way of a general Eftimate of the whole, they
will confent to that Way ; and when the Sum
{hall be mutually agreed on, both Houfes of the
Parliament of England will endeavour, to the ut-
moft of their Power and Ability, to to give that
Army all juft Siti^fa&ion.

By Cwunand of the CcmmiJJlon'n of the Par--
liament of England.

JO. SQUIBB.

The fame Day, March 8, a Petition from the
Earls of Lincoln, Suffolk, and M-iddlefex ; the Lords
Berkeley, Hun/don, and Maynard, was prefented to
the Houfe of Lords, fetiing forth, * Tnat, by un
Order of the ilth of February, Cour.fcl had been
afiigne 1 th.-m, and a fhort Day appointed for them
to uifvver an Impeachment brought up againft
them by the Houfe Commons, who had taken
ibmc Months to prepare it ; and that that Day had

^/ENGLAND. 73

been enlarged unto the 8th of this Month ; but that An. 13 Car. 1.
three of their Counfel, viz. Mr. Hale, Mr. Prynne, ,. l647' *
and Mr. Newdigate, a few Days after fuch Affign- ^^^ *
ment, had fet out on fevera) Circuits ; and the reft
of the Counfel in Town dcfiring the joint Advice
of the others in a Cafe of fo great Confequence,
they were thereby deprived of the Benefit of the
Alignment made them ; and therefore prayed
their Lordftiips that the Time for putting in their
Anfwer might be enlarged till fome convenient
Time after the faid Gounfel's Return.'

After reading this Petition the Houfe of Lords
ordered, that the above Peers fhould be allowed till
the I2th of April to put in their Anfwers to their
refpe&ive Charges.

About this Time both Houfes pafied an Ordi-
nance for fettling 25GO/. a Year out of the Earl of
IVorce/leSs Eitate, on Lieutenant-General Crom-
well: They alfo appointed Henry Earl of Kent,
William Lord Grey of ffarke, Sir Thomas Widdring-
ton, and Bul/lrode If^hitlocke, Efq; Commiifioners
of the Great Seal of England', and agreed to the
following additional Inftru&ions to be fent to their
CommilBoners refiding at Edinburgh (a] :

\7 O U, or any two of you, are to reprefent
unto the Parliament of Scotland, the Con-
vention or Committee of Eftates, or Committees,
or other Perfons, whom they (hall appoint to
debate with you, That when the Commiflioners
had had a Conference, in the Painted-Chamber,
v ith a Committee of both Houfes, concerning
the Intereft of the Kingdom of Scotland, in the
difpofmg of the Perfon of the King, in England ;
and had protefted againft any Report to be made
thereof unto the Houfes, from the faid Commit-
tee, umii they fhould fend the fame in Writing ;
they did, in the mean Time, caufe the fame to
be printed : And when it was discovered and the
Printer queflioned, he piodueed a Warrant for

« the
(a] See cur Fifteenth Vo ume, p. 100. «'/•'?•

74 *$* Parliamentary H i s T o R v

An. 23 Car. I. < the fame under the Hand of the Lord-Chancellor

l647' i ' of Scotland: And, when that was fuppreiled, they

Mmfa. "* ' a£a'n cau^d it to be printed, bearing in the Title,

* That it was printed at Edinburgh ; when (be-
' fides that it was publifhed wet from the Prefs)
' there was not Tune, by a continual Poll, to have

* fent it to Edinburgh, and bring it back : And, to-

* gether wit"h thofe Papers, was printed a Speech of

* the Lord-Chancellor's, made to the King at

* Newcajile \ wherein he declares a Diflike of the

* faid Proportions, although the. fame were before
' agreed upon by both Kingdoms: And they have,

* from Time to Time, printed here fuch of their

* Tranfadtions with the Houfcs as they pleafed,
' without confulting the Houfes therein, to the

* Prejudice of the Porliament, and misleading the
' People from the In:tereft of this Kingdom : And
4 when the Houfe of Commons had madeAnfwer

* to thofe Papers, and had ordered the fame to be
' fent to the faid Commiflioners, with a Letter from

* their Speaker ; the which he accordingly did, by
' Mr. Cole his Servant; they refufed to accept it ;
' but returned it in another Cover, by the fame

* MefTenger ; notwithftanding they had formerly

* received Letters, upon other Occafions, from the

* Speaker of the Houfe of Commons alone, and
' had returned Anfwers unto them.

' You, or any two of you, fhall' alfo inform the
' Parliament of Scotland^ the Convention or Com-
' mittee of Eftates, or any other Committee, or

* Perfons, as abovefaid, That the faid Commif-
' fioners have, from Time to Time, made Appli-
' cation to the City of London, in their Ccmmoi^
4 Council, without the Leave of the Houfes cfPar-
' liament then iitting, as if the faid City had been

* a free State : That when the Parliament, out of
f their great Defire to fettle an happy Peace, had,

* prepared Proportions to be lent to the Ki«g ; and

* had divers Times fent to the faidComrniflioners of
<• Scotland, that if they had any Thing to be fent on
' the Part of the Kingdom of Scot land y that they
4 might be fent, together with the Propolitions ; and

* had

of E N G L A N D.

had put four of the fajd Proportions into Bills, tojAn.
be pafled by the King, as a Security to tne King- t
dom, while they treated with him upon the reft;
the faid Commiflioners did fend to the Houfcs,
and after publim in Print, a Declaration againft
thofe Propofitions ; and alfo protefted againft thofe
Bills ; thereby affuming and exercifing a nega-
tive Voice againft the legiflative Power of this
Kingdom.

' All which Mifcarriages are againft the Law of
Nations, and a juft Forfeiture of all Right and.
Privileges of public Perfpns and Minifters ; of
which the Parliament was, and is, deeply fenfible ;
though, out of their great Defue to avoid all Oc-
cafion of Mifunderftanding, and to continue the
brotherly ynion of both Kingdoms, they have
with Patience borne and fufFered the Continuance
of their Commiflioners here, till themfelves took
Leave.'

March 1 3. This Day more Letters and Papers
came to the' Houfe of Loifds from their Commif-
fioners in Scotland.

For the Right Hon. EDWARD Earl ^MANCHES-
TER, fyeakcr of the Houfe of PEERS pro Tern-
pore.

Edinburgh, March 7, 164*.
May it plea/f your Lord/hip,

1^ H E Parliament of Scotland did meet on
Thurfday laft the 2d of this Month. Theyt
have ever hnce, as we hear, been upon the quef-
tioned Elections of their Members ; yet we did,
upon Saturday laft, write a Letter to the Prefident,
whereof the inclofed is a Copy ; but we do not
hear of any Refolution taken upon it.
' My Lord, we hold it our Duty to acquaint
your Lordfhip, that the Liberty which is taken
to print the Diurnals of all Things that pafs con-
cerning our Tranfactions here, is a Prejudice to
your Service. Our Inftruftions were in a printed
Diurnal in Edinburgh the Day before Mr. Ajhurjl

The Parliamentary HISTORY

An. j3 Car. I. and Colonel Birch came hither ; and fince that,

^___ 47' , efpecially this laft Week, there have been very

March. grofs Miftakes, as written from us, which tend to

our Difllonour ; and if what we (hall fend to you,

or your Commands to us, fhould thus be mads

public every Week, it may be very much to your

Diflervice.

* There is likewife another Thing wherewith
we hold ourfelves obliged to acquaint your Lord-
fhips : We hear of many great Englijh Delin-
quents that do refort to this Kingdom, and great
Numbers of Soldiers. We are informed that
about 200 Horfe came into Scotland by the Way
of Carlijle, with their Arms and Colours ; which
gave not only the Country, but, as we hear, the
Army alfo, a very great Alarm. They give out
that they are of thofe that were diibanded at Wor-
cejler^ but fuppofed to be of the King's Party.
' My Lord, we (hall not take upon us to pre-
fcribe what is to be done in thefe Cafes ; we leave
that to your Wifdoms, and whatfoever your
Lordfhips fhall refolve and command, fhali be
carefully obferved by,

My Lord,

Your Lordjhip's moft faithful
and humble Servants,

NOTTINGHAM,
STAMFORD.

The LETTER inclofed in the foregoing.

For the Right Hon. the Earl of LOUDON, Lord
High Chancellor of Scotland, and Prtjident of the
Parliament.

Edinburgh, March 4, 164.7.
My Lord..

* \\7 E have already made known unto the

* * Right Honourable the Committee of the

* Eftates of this Kingdom, that we were fent by

* both Houfts of tht Parliament of England unto

* the

^ENGLAND. 77

the Parliament, Convention or Committee of An- 23 c*r-

Eftates of this Kingdom of Scotland^ to continue t ' *7'

and preferve a good Correfpondence arid brother- Match.

ly Agreement betwixt both Kingdoms ; in order

whereunto we have already given the Committee

of Eftates our Letters of Credence, and feveral

other Letters and Papers ; which if they be regu-

larly laid, according to your Form of Proceedings,

before the Right Honourable the Parliament of

Scotland^now fitting, we {hall wait for their Re-

folutions thereupon ; but if they be not, we de-

fire your Lordfhip to move the Parliament that

they would be pleafed to direct the Way of our

Addrefles to them, wherein you will do a Favour

unto,

My Lord,

Tour Lordftnp's bumble

NOTTINGHAM. ROB. GOODWYN.

WM. ASHCJRST. JOHN BIRCH.

In Confequence of this Letter the Parliament of
Scotland defired the Lord Chancellor to acquaint the
Engtifb Commiflioners, that they had appointed
fome of every Eftate to be a Committee for taking
their Papers and Miifives into Confideration, and
to whom they were to make their Addrefles.

March 15. The Parliament, on the Receipt of
the foreging Papers from their Commiflioners in
Scotland, ordered fome frefh Inftruclions to be drawn
up and fent to them to a£t by ; a Copy of which
followeth in bac Verba :

I N s T R. u C T I o N S for the Comniijjioners from the
Parliament of England, refuting with tbe Parlia-
ment af Scotland.

J. * Vf O U are to make known to the.Parlia-

' * ment of Scotland^ the Convention, or

' Committee of Eftates, or any other Committee

* that fhail be appointed to cL-bate with you, what

* the

¥be Parliamentary HISTORY

An. *3 Car.t. * the Houfes of Parliament know concerning the

L _l6*7' t c Troop of Horfe of Capt. IVogan, and the Manner

March. c an^ Pretences of their Paflane into Scotland', the

* State of which Bufmefs, as far as the Houfes are
c informed thereof, is exprefled in a Letter from

* the General to the Committee at Derby-Houfe
1 concerning the fame; of which .you have here-

* with a Copy.

II. * You are to afliire the Parliament of Scotland,

* Convention, or Committee of Eftates, or any
*• ether Committee as above-faid, that the March
1 of the faid Troop of Capt. Wogan, in a military

* Pofture or otherwife, out of this Kingdom into
' Scotland, or any other Forces, if any fuch Thing

* be, is altogether without the Allowance, Order,

* or Privity of the Parliament of England; and
4 therefore you are, in the Name of both Houfes of
' the Parliament of England, to demand of the Par-
4 liament of Scotland, that the faid Capt. Wogan and
' his Officers, that are Englijkmen, and alfo the

* Englijh Officers of any other Forces that may be
4 paft over out of this Kingdom into Scotland, as alfo

* fuch Officers and Rcformadoes now in Scotland,
*• as you (hall find to have any Time ferved the

* King againft the Parliament, may be all forth -

* with apprehended, fecured, and delivered over to

* you, to be fent Prifoners into England j and that
*• all the private Soldiers may be difmounted, dif-

* perfed, and fent home ; and the Horfe and Arms

* of the faid Capt. Wogan, and the Officers and

* Soldiers aforefaid, you lhall caufe to be fent into

* England for the Service of the Parliament.

III. * You are to take Care that the faid Perfons,

* bein? fecured, may be fent by Sea into England;

* and, for that Purpofe, you are to hire a Ship there

* and (end them thence to Newcaftle by Sea.

IV. ' You are to make the like Demands of any

* other Perfons, Horfes, and Arms of any other
4 Forces that (hall, at any Time, come into &•<>/-

* land in a military Pofture, during the Time of

* your Employment there.

4 ^

of E N G L A N D, 79

Afc. *3 Car, L

A LETTER from both Hotifes to their Commijjioners l647* ^
In Scotland, fent with the foregoing Injlruflions. March

My Lords and Gentlemen^

T"* H E Houfes of Parliament having received
Information concerning a Troop of Horfe
under the Command of one Capt. Wogany and
fome other difcontented and difaffe&ed Perfons,
who, in a military Pofture, with Officers and Co-
lours, have lately marched out of this Kingdom
into Scotland, have commanded us to acquaint
you with fo much as they are informed concern-
ing that Bufmefs, and to fend you fome Inftruc-
tions for proceeding about the fame. The State
of the Bufmefs concerning Capt. Wogarfs Troop,
with the Manner and Pretexts of his pafling into
Scotland, you will underftaralby a Letter fiom the
General about it, whereof we here fend you a
Copy ; for any other Forces that may be gone
into Scotland, we do not yet underftand in particu-
lar what they are ; but whatever they be, you will
fee, by the Inftruftions herewith fent, how you arc
to proceed concerning them. Of your Proceeding;
whereupon, as alfo what Anfwer you receive from
the Parliament of Scotland or their Commiflioners
therein, you are to return a fpeedy Account.'

Tour affetttcnate Friends and Servants,
MANCHESTER,
Speaker of the Houfe of

Peers.

WILL. LENTHALL,
Speaker of the Houfe of
Commons.

The GENERAL'S LETTER above referred to*

t) March n, 264^.

A'ly Lords and Gentlemen,

THERE is one Capt. Wogan, heretofore in
the Parliament's Service under my Com-
mand, who, fix Months ago, by Order from the

* Parliament,

8o The Parliamentary HISTORY

Parliament, received three Months Arrears for
himfelf and his Troop, in order to their difband-
ing ; but afterwards, (the Houfes defigninj at
that Time Come Forces to be fent over into Ire-
land) upon his earned Importunity, he had per-
miffion from me to keep together fuch of his Men
as he had left undifperfed,and to lift a full Troop,
in order to that Service ; upon which Permiflion,
in Expectation of Employment that Way, he and
his Men have ever fince taken free Quarter upon
the Country in Worcejlerjhire, and thereabouts,
and have lifted many new Men, of which divers
(as is credibly informed) are Reformadoes that
have ferved the Kins;; and fo increafed his Troop
to the Number of one hundred or more of uifor-
derly Perfons, who have much abufcd and op-
preifed the Country ; but the Houfe, having fmcc
then refolved to difband all the fupermimary
Forces in this Kingdom, and not to fend any of
them for the prcfent into Ireland ; and having ap-
pointed fuch as were entertained fince the 6th of
Auguft laft to be immediately difbanded without
further P?y, the faid Captain and his Men falling
within that Compafs, have, according to the Re-
folutions of the Parliament, had feveral pofitive
Order from myfelf forthwith to difband and dif-
perfe ; notwithstanding which they have, under
divers Pretences, for fome Time delayed, and at
laft reCufed, to difband according to the faid Or-
ders, continuing together in an hoftilc Manner,
to the Oppreflion and Terror of the People; till
at laft, fearing the Rifing of the Country upon.
thc:n, or the coming of other Forces to dif-
perfe them, the faid Captain M'ogan^ as I am
informed, having forged an Order, and coun-
terfeited my Hand to it, upon his Marching to
Kendal in 'JVefltnorelond, went with his Troop,
by long Marches, thirherwurds ; and, under
Pretext of that counterfeit Order, palled freely
unto the Northern Borders ; he is thence, as 1
underftand, gone over with his Troop into Scot-
land. Thus much I thought it my Duty to in-

4 form

of ENGLAND.

?orm your Lordfliips, and to aflure you that he
had no Order at all from me for his marching
Northwards, or any other Way ; but that which March,
he produced for his Paflage was wholly counter-
feit. I remain,

Tour Lord/hip's humble Servant,

FAIRFAX, (a)

Ah Ordinance for raifirig 60,000 /. a Month for
the Support of the Army under Thomas Lord Fair-
fax was pafled this Day ; as alfo another for better
fecuring the Payment of 8000 /. a Year to the
Prince Elector, Count Palatine of the Rhine, who
had now refided in England fome Years ; a former
Ordinance for that Purpofe having been ineffectual.

Nothing but private Bufinefs engaging theHoufe
of Lords now for fome Days, we pals on to March
21, when more Letters and Papers from the Scots
Commiflioners arrivedj which were prefented and
read.

To the Right Honourable EDWARD Earl of MAN-
CHESTER, Speaker of the Houfe of PEERS pro
Tempore.

Edinburgh^ March 14, 164^..
May it plvafe your Lordthip^

E received feveral Informations of fome.
DefignS on Foot for the furprizing of
« Berwick, which occafioned us, as we conceived

* was beft for your Service, to write a Letter to that

* Town. This Day we received a Letter from the
VOL. XVII. F Mayot

(a) About this Time died Ferdinanda Lord Fairfax^ Baron of
Camercnin Scotland, and Knight of the Shire for the County of
tort. In the dmntani Journalt of the i6th of this Month we find
the following En ry :

Ordered, * That the now Lord Fairfax, General, fliall have the
Place of Steward of the Honour of Pentefract, and Keeper of Ponte-
frace Caftle, Park, and Apurrenances, and be Cuftos Rotulorun for the
County of Torkt in the lik; Wanner as his Father, lately deccafed,
formerly had,'

\\T

'An. 23 Car.

1647.

March.

The Parliamentary H I s f o R t

Mayor and Alderman about the fame Bufinefs? %
Copy whereof, with a Letter from the Comrni£-
fioners here and burfdves, we fent to the Parlia-
ment of Scotland, from whom we have yet receiv-
ed no Anfwer ; the Copies of the Particulars we
have inclofed fent your Lordfhip ; all which wfc1
fubmit to your Judgment, and (hall ever remain,

My Lord,

Tour mofl faithful and bumble Servants,
NOTTINGHAM.
STAMFORD.

o the Worjbipful the Mayer of the To wn ^/"Berwick,
to Sir WILLIAM SELBY, and to Mr. SLIGH, one
ef the Aldermen 0/~Berwick.

Edinburgh,* March 12,
Gentlemen?

* \\7 E have received certain Information of the
* " late Meetings together of many great De-
linquents in the North of England* who, we have
good Reafon to believe, are projecting Mifchief^
and none more probable at this Time than fome"
Enterprizes to irtterru.pt the Union and Brotherly
Agreement which we hope will ever be betwixt
thefe Kingdoms of England and Scotland j there-1
fore, left thejy ftrould have fome Dfcfigns, in order
thereunto, to furprize your Town of Berwick,
which, by the Treaty betwixt the Kingdoms^
which we know the Parliament of England is
fully refolved to keep inviolable on their Parts, is
to continue difmantled, and no Forces or Garri-
fon to be put into it ; we do earneftly intreat you-
to give a ftridl Charge to the Watch of your
Town, nor to permit any Soldiers^ or any that
have been in Arms againft the Parliament in
this War, to come into your Town of Berwick
for a Time, until Things, by the Blefiing of God,
be better fettled j and that you would have a
fpecial Care of it at the Time of this Horfe-Race
near youj and that, for a while, you would

* preveft

*f ENGLAND. 83

* {Prevent the like Meetings. All which, knowing An. »3 Car. I,

* your AfFeaion to the Parliament, we fliall not t .l6*? ,

* need to prefs further, only fubfcribe, Much.

Tour very loving Friend^

NoTTtNGHAM* BRYAN STAPYLTON,

STAMFORD, JOHN BIRCH,

ROB«. GOODWYN, WM. AsttURST*

'To the Right Honourable ibt Commffiontrs of w$
Parliament of England now in Scodand.

Berwick, March 12,
Right 'Honourably
C I N C E your Lordihips departed hence we are
'*** credibly informed that fome Forces intend
to furprifce this Place To-morrow j and the rather
increafed our Fears, for that we had certain In-
telligence from Newcaftle^ that certain Cavaliers
fhould report, That they would make their
Swords play at Berwick j and perceiving divers
come this Day$ making their Pretence to fee the
Horfe-Courfe intended in our Bounds To-mor-
row, we made Proclamation forDifcharge of that
Courfe ; and accordingly do refolve to Sand up-
on it, and have appointed Watchmen for that
Purpofe. Truly the Reports are fuch, both from
England ^and Scotland^ as givejuft Occafion of our
Jealoufies, as we can make appear, if "Occafion
require, by fufficient Teftimony ; and therefore
thought fit to fend this Bearer on Purpofe to ac-
quaint your Honours herewith, humbly craving
your good Advice in this our fo great Concern 5
which, God affifting) we mail endeavour to
obferve ; referring the fame to your good Con>
fiderations, we take Leave, and reft,

Tour Honours mojl humble Servants +

BENJ. CLARKE, Mayor, ANDREW CRISPE,
JOHN SLIGH, THO. WATSON,

RoBt. SCOTT, JOHN FORESIDB,

ELIAS PRATT, STEPHEN JACKSOK,

F * T<»

#4 *fhe Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 23 Car; I.

1647. To the Right Worjhipful the Mayor of the Town of
* , Berwick, to Sir WILLIAM SELBY, and to Mr*

SLIGH, one of the Aldennen o/Berwick.

Edinburgh, March 14,
Gentlemen,

E have received your Letter^ whereby we
perceive your great Care to preferve your
Town of Berwick from the Surprize of the Ene-
mies to the Peace and Union of both Kingdoms,
for which we return you Thanks, and intreat
the Continuance of your Care ; not doubting you
will be careful to keep within the Bounds of the
Treaties betwixt both Kingdoms, Copies where-
of we have here inclofed fent you, which is re-
commended to you by,
Gentlemen,

Tour loving Friends,

NOTTINGHAM, WM. ASHURST,

STAMFORD, ROB.GOODWYN,

BRYAN STAPYLTON, JOHN BIRCH.

<& the Right Honourable the Earl of LOUDON,
Lord High Chancellor 0f Scotland, and Prefident cf
the Parliament.

Edinburgh, March i^, 164.?.
My Lord,

« rp HI S laft Night we did receive a1 Letter from
c ••• the Town of Berwick, whereof the inclo£-
' od is a Copy, with a further Aflurance from the

* Mefienger that they had good Information,

* from feveral Parts, of a real Defign of the Malig*

* nants to fuprize the Town at this intended Horfe-

* Race ; and that the Mayor and other the Magi*

* ftrates of the Town, befides the forbidding of the

* Horfe-Race, have appointed a Watch of Townf-
4 men preventing fuch a Mifchief. We thought
< it our Parts fpeedily to acquaint your Lordihips
« with the Truth of this Bufmefs, to prevent all Mif-

* je^qrts and Mift«kes that might happen upon hv
i « and

of E N G L A N D. %$

*nd intreat your Lordmip to communicate the An. »j Car. I,

fame to the Honourable the Parliament of Scot- ^ _ * *7' ^

land ; with this further, that however the Delin- JH^.

quents are very induftrious to interrupt the happy

Union betwixt the Kingdoms, as what ftands

moft with their Intereft, yet we doubt not but

it will have this Effect to make them both more

careful and diligent to continue and preferve it ;

and as both Houfes of the Parliament of England

are refolved to keep the Treaty concerning this

Town, and all other Treaties betwixt both King- ,

doms inviolable, fo we have given fu.ch Direc*

tions to the Town of Berwick upon, this O.c-»

cafton, as may manifeft the like Refo.ultions in$

My Lord,

Tour Lord/hips bumble Servants^

NOTTINGHAM, WM. ASHURST,

STAMFORD, ROB'. GOODWYN,

BRYAN STAPYLTON, JOHN BIRCH,

The fame Day a MefTage was brought from the .
Houfe of Commons by Mr. Chaloner and others, and three mor$*
with Article? of Impeachment for High Treafon, Aldermen of
and other high . Crimes and Mifdemeanor's, a»ainft Lond,on? ™j!. .

£•• <v ; rt tr ' ^ AII f T i peached of HIE*

bir John Gayre, Knight, Alderman of London, Treafon.
'James Bunct, Thomas Adanu ', and John Langhamt
Aldermen of the fame : Who, in the Name of the
Houfe of Commons, and of all the Commons of
England, did defire their Lordfhips to put the faid
Aldermen to their Anfwer ; and that fuch Proceed -
4ngs might be had thereupon as were agreeable to
Juftice : That the Houfe of Commons were ready
with their Evidence, and that the four impeached
Aldermen were, by virtue of an Order from theu;
Houfe, committed Prifoners to the Tower.

March 23. A Complaint made to the Lords by

tw© Judges, Trevor and Pheafant, that, in their lait

Circuit, coming to Aylejbury to keep the Aflizes

F 3

86 The Parliamentary HISTORY

11 Cur. I. there, they found no Sheriff to attend them : Qir
', , which they read their Commiffions and made Prq-
clamation for the Sheriff to appear ; and he noV
doing it, they fined him 500 /. and adjourned the;
Affixes for a Week. That they underftood the
Sheriff had procured a. Writing, under Ayletfs
Hand, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, which
he takes Advantage of: That he had conformed fo
far as to do every thing but take the Oath of She-
riff ; which, he faicl, in regard the laft Votes of
the Houfes forbid any Addreffes to the King, he
conceives he cannot do ; fince that Oath requires
that he {hall reveal all fuch Secrets to the King, as
concern his Crown and Dignity. — The Lords did
no more in this Bufjnefs, at this Time, than order
Dr. Jylett to attend their Houfe on the 27th, to
which Time they adjourned j but we hear no more
of it.

Thus much for the Tranfa&ions of the Year
4647. : '

The y^urttah of the Lords now fwell to a much
greater Bulk than ufual by the vaft Number of Or-
dinances, entered at full Length, for taking ®ff Se-
queftrations from Delinquents Eftates, and grant-
Jng a free Pardon to their Perfons. Thefe were
clone by particular pines fet, and paid in ready
Money, according to the Value of their Eftates ;
and were lefs or hiore as the Perfons concerned had
been in Arms againft the Parliament, or had only
fled to the Enemy's Quarters for Protection. How-
ever, many of thefe unhappy Sufferers were reduced
to make an abfolute Sale of Part of their Eftates,
to redeem the reft ; by which Means feveral of
them were irretrievably funk from their Families,
and are very fenfibly felt at this Day by their De-
fcendants. A Lift of the Names of all thefe Per-
fons fo amerced, throughout England and Wales^
with their particular Fines, is collected from the
journals of both Houfes, and may probably be
added as an Appendix to fome fuccceding Vo~
. — But to proceed ;

of E N G L A N D, %

March 27. The Houfe of Lords was addrefled Aa • *3 £»r. J.
in an.vV-r aui.ble Petition from Sir John May- * ' .

?wn/, Prifoner in the Tower i whereupon the Lords M*rck.
gave him more Time, to the i^th of jtyril nex&
to put in his Anfwer to the Charge of the Corn-
mons againft him.

Affairs growing now very critical in Scotland, a
War feemed likely to break out between the two
Nations. The following Letters and Papers were
jread in the Houfeof JLords this Day and on the 34
of April*

for the Right Honourable EDWARD Earl of MAN*
CHESTER, Speaker of the Hoxfe of PEERS pro'
Tempore.

Edinburgh, March 21, 164!.
May it pleafe your Lordjhip,

TpHE firft Day the Parliament here did fit, Letters and P»a-
* after they fent us the Order wherein we were ^f^JJjJj
acknowledged Commiflioners, was Tuefday the Commimoaer.s,»»
I4th of this Month; which Day we fent them Scotland,
the Bufinefs concerning Berwick^ whereof we
gave your Lordfliips an Account in our laft Let-
ter. The next Day we delivered them the An-
fwer of both Houfes to the Scots Commiffioners
Papers ; and receiving your additional Instruc-
tions, with your late Declaration (#), Yefter-
day we have this Day fent a Paper to the Parlia-
ment concerning Captain Wagon and his Troop,
a Copy whereof we have here inclofed ; but
judging it fit for your Service to let that Demand

* go alone, we referred the fending of the De-

* claration until To-morrow ; when, if they fit,

* we intend, God willing, to deliver it ; and fa

F 4 ' foon

(a) The Declaration here mentioned was from, both Houfes, of the
fourth of March, 1647, concerning the Papers of the Scott Commif-
fioners, intituled, The Anfacr of the Cimmiffionen of the Kingdom of
Scotland to both Houjes of Parliament, upon the new Propofitiont of
Pface, and the four Sills to be fent to bis Mojefty ; and concerning th«
Proceedings of the faid Commiffioners in the Ifle of Wight.
Of this Declaration feme Notice has been already taken at p« 59.11*.
this Volume^,

7be Parliamentary HISTORY

ibon as we fhall receive Anfwers to any of thefk
Things we have delivered in Purfuance of you?
Commands, your Lordfhip fhall receive a fpeedy
Account from us ; who fhall, in all Things, en-
deavour to approve ourfelves^

My Lord,

Tour Lordfnip's mo/i faithful
and humble Servants ,

NOTTINGHAM,
STAMFORD.

COPY of the PAPER given in to the Parliament
of Scotland, concerning the Demand of Captain
Wogan.

Edinburgh, March 21, 164-?.

WE the Commiffioners of bo.th Houfes of the
Parliament of England, are commanded to
make known unto the Parliament of Scotland*
that they have Notice from Sir Thomas Fairfax,
their General, that one Captain JJ^ogan, an
Englijhman, and his Troop, who, being of the
fupernumerary Forces, was, by the Refolutions
of both Houfes of Parliament, and the Order of
the General, to be difbanded ; but he, refuf-
ing fo to do, marched, by a counterfeit Pafs,
from the County of Worcejler, in the Kingdom of
England, into the North ; and that from thence
they are come, in a military Pofture, with Arms
and Colours, into the Kingdom of Scotland;
which was altogether without the Allowance,
Order, or Privity, of the Parliament of England:
And they are likewifp informed, that others, who
are principal Englijh Delinquents, and have been
in Arms againft the Parliament, do harbour in
this Kiiigdom ; all which is againft the large
Treaty betwixt the Kingdoms of England and
Scotland, and the Acl: of Pacification and Obli-
yjon, pafled Anno 17 Car, Rtgis.

cf ENGLAND,

? The faid Captain Wogan being feen at Edin- A
^ burgh by feveral of our Servants Yefter day, and
' divers Days before, we do, in the Name of both
c Houfes of the Parliament of England, demand of
' the Parliament of Scotland, that the faid Captain

* Wogan, with his Officers and Soldiers that are
" Englijhmen, together with their Horfes and Arms,

* be feized, iecured, and delivered to us, to be dif-

* pofed of as both Houfes of the Parliament of
' England have or fhall appoint; and we cannot

* doubt but, upon Ejifcovery of any other Englijh

* Forces, or any .$ngli/bmen who have been Offi-

* cers or Reformadoes, and ferved the King againft
' the Parliament, that fhall be received or harbour-
' ed within this Kingdom, you will do the like
' Juftice to the Kingdom of England upon our de-

* manding of them.

By Command of the CommiJJioners of the Pajrlia-
ment of England.

JOHN SQUIBB,

For the Right Hon. EDWARD Qarl of MANCHES-
TER, Speaker of the Houfe #/" PEERS pro Tern-
pore.

Edinburgh, March 2$, 1648.
A fay it pleafe your Lordjh.ip,

* XylT" E did Yefterday fend to the CommifBoners

* here, a Paper, principally concerning
Captain ftfoganr whereof the inclofed is a Cp.py ;
and though we do expert a fpeedy Arifwer,
we thought it our Duty tq give your Lord-
fhip an Account of our Endeavours in pur-
fuance of your Commands ; and, withall, to ac-
quaint your Lordfhip, that there is a Hoi/and Man
of War come to Leith which carries 38 Guns,
wherein came S}r William Flemming ; and we are
like wife informed that there is come a French
Frigate, in which Sir Thomas Glemham is come
hitherj whereof, if we can get fufficient Tefti-
mony, notwithftanding we hear he has made his
Competition, yet we fhall, according to our In-

| ftru&ions, demand him ; being refolved, by God's

9<* We Parliamentary HisTORV*

"• *6* £ai> L c Affiftance, in this and all other Things we have

_L!^J » * in Chaige from your Lordfhips, to ufe our utmpft

April. ' £wucavbur to approve ourfelves,

My Lord)

Tour Lordjhip's moft faithful

and humble Servants^

NOTTINGHAM,
STAMFORD.

Copy of the PAPER delivered in to the Parliament of
Scotland by the Englifh Commijjionen^ prejfingfor
an Anfiwr to former Papers.

Edinburgh, March 27, 1648,
\T7 E have, by the Command, and in the
Name, of both Houfes of the ^Parliament
of England^ feveral Times, made known unto the
Parliament and Committee of Eftates of the
Kingdom of Scotland, that we were lent hither
to keep a good Correfpondence betwixt both
Kingdoms; and that it is the Refolution of
both Houfes of the Parliament of England, on
their Part, to continue and preferve the Union,
and brotherly Agreement betwixt them, and to
remove all Mifipprehenflons to the contrary,
if any fuch fhoiild be; and, in order thereunto,
have delivered to your Lordfhips feveral Papers :
But although we have been at Edinburgh ever
fince the 8th of February laft, yet we have not
received a particular Anfwer to any of them ;
whereof we are, and both Houfes of the Parlia-
ment of England have Reafon to be, very fen-
fible. At this Time we being required to return
an Account to both Houfes of the Parliament of
England, concerning the Bufmefs of Captaii^
Wogan and his Troop, muft earneftly prefs your
Lordfhips to give us your Anfwer to our Paper
concerning him of the 2ift of this Inftant March ^
wherein we do not doubt but your Lordfhips will

* •omply.

tf ENGLAND,

' comply with the Defires of both Moufes ; it being An, •.
*' conformable to, and in Profecuticn of, the large IC*6-
*• Treaty betwixt both Kingdoms, »nd the Act of ' J"^

* Pacification and Oblivion pafled by the Pallia- p'"'*

* ments of both Kingdoms.'

By Command of the Gommijfioners from the Parlia-
ment 0f England,

JOHN SQUIBB,

^ PAPER delivered in to the Parliament of Scotland x
dated Edinburgh, March 31,1648, concerning the
former Demand of Capt. Wogan, and a further
JDetnand of Sir Philip Mufgrave and Sir Thomas
Glemham.

TTH1 H E R E A S both Kingdoms of England mL
** Scotland have pafled their public Faith in
the Act of Pacification and Oblivion of 1*7 Caroli
Regis, to concur in the reprefling of thofe that
{hall rife in Arms, or make War in any of tha.
Kingdoms of England, Scotland, or Ireland, with-
out the Confent of the Parliament of that King-
dom to which they do belong ; and that fuch
fliall be held, reputed, and deemed as Traitors to
the Eftates whereof they are Subjects : And that
no Perfon, fentenced by the Parliament of either
Nation as Incendiaries betwixt the Nations,
{hall have Shelter or Protection in any other of
his Majefty's Dominions : And whereas, by the
faid Act, if any Englijhman who hath committed
Offences againft that Kingdom ihall remove into
Scotland, he fliall, 'at the Delire of the Par-
liament of England, be remanded to abide his
Trial in that Kingdom where he committed
the Offence : We having in Charge to demand
all Englijhmen that we fliall difcover to be in this
Kingdom of Scotland, who have been in Arms
againft the Parliament and Kingdom of England',
and being certainly informed that there are now
many fuch Perfons in this City of Edinburgh, (In-
cendiaries betwixt the Nations) and particularly
\ Sir Philip Mufgrave and Sir Thomas Glemham j

April.

'The Parliamentary H I s T o R V

we do therefore, in the Name of both Houfes of
the Parliament of England^ demand that the faid
Sir Philip Muf grave and Sir Thomas Glembam be
delivered to ijs, to be difpofed of as both Houfes
of the Parliament of England have or (hall ap-
point. Wherein, as alfo in the Bufmefs of Capt,
Wogan and his Troop, reprefented to your L,ord-
fhips in our Papers of the 2ift and 2710 of this
Inftant Marcb^ who were in Arms in IVeJlmore-
land and Cumberland, and in fome other Parts of '
the Kingdom of England., and afterwards in this
Kingdom, without the Confent of the 'Parlia-
ment of England, (the public Faith of this King-
dom being fo deeply engaged) we cannot doubt
of a fpeedy and fatisfaclory Anfwer.
J5y Command of the Commijjioners of the Parliament
^/"England,

JOHN SQUIBB.

April 12. The Speaker acquainted the Houfe,
that the fix Lords, impeached, by the Houfe of
' Commons, had given in their Anfwers to their
f^veral and refpeclive Charges, which they had fent
by the Gentleman-Uftier of the Black-Rod. The
Lords ordered them to be received, but deferred the
Reading of them to another Time,

April 13. A great Tumult, or rather an Infur-
reftion, had happened in London a Day or two be-,
fore, in which the Apprentices and others rofe in
great Numbers and did much Mifchief : They beat
•up Drums upon the Water to invite the Seamen
and Watermen to join them, to fighter God and
King Charles. The whole City was in great Con-
fternation, nor was the Parliament free from Fears ;
for Mr. Wbitlocke writes, ' That it was no fmall
Happinefs to the Houfes, that this Infurrecti in was,
at length, well quieted ; fmce, in thofe Times of
Difcontent and Diftraclion, if it had not been fo
foon appeafed and nipped in the Bud, it might have
proved of moft dangerous Confequence to all the
parliament's Party, and have occafioned a ne-,v War.*

Tbc

$f ENGLAND. 93

The Memoriali/} here again adds another moral An. 24 Car.i.
Reflection, viz. « We may take Notice of the Un-
certainty of worldly Affairs ; when the Parliament
and their Army had fubdued their common Enemy,
then they quarrelled amongft themfelves, the Army
againft the Parliament : And when they were pretty
well pieced together again, then the Apprentices
and others make an Infurre&ion againft them both.
Thus they were in continual Perplexities and
Dangers.'

The following A& of Common Council, as de-
livered to the Houfe of Lords, this Day, by fome
Aldermen and others, gives a yet more defcription-
al Account of this laft Tumult :

April n, 1648,

* \ T this Common Council Mr. Alderman
' /* Fowte, and Mr. Aldermen Gtbbs, by the

* Direction of the Committee of the Militia of
' London, did make a large Relation of the great

* Multitude, Infurrection, and Mutiny which hap-
4 pened in this City on the laft Lord's Day and
' Monday laft, by many evil-difpofed Perfons ;

' ' which firft began on the Lord's Day in the After-

* noon, in the County of Middlefex^ where they
' feized the Colours of one of the Trained-Bands

* of the faid County, who were there employed for

* the fuppreflmg of fuch Perfons as did profane the
' Lord's Day : And, being difperfed by fome of the
c General's Forces, did gather together within the

* City of London and Liberties thereof; and, in a

* riotous Manner, did break open divers Houfes,

* and Magazines of Arms and Ammtmition, and

* took away Arms, Plate, Money, and other
c Things j and did feize upon the Drums of the
4 Trained Bands of this City ; which were beating

* to raife their Companies ; and armed themfelves,

* and beat up Drums, and put themfelves in a war-

* like Pofture, and feized upon the Gates, Chains,

* and Watches of this City ; and then marched to

* the Lord Mayor's Houfe, and there aflaulted the

. ' Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Committee of the Mil^

• tia

94 *ft>e. Pwlitunfltt&fy H i s T o R V

n. 24 Car. I. £ tia of London^AnA other Magiftrates of the fame j

l6^' , ' and didfhcot into the Lord Mayor's Houfe, beat

April. ' kack his Guards, killed one of them, wounded

' clivers others, and feized and took away a Piece of

* Ordinance from th'encej with which they did a£-

* terwards ilay and wound divers Perfons, and

* committed many other Outrages. All which
« Matters feeing largely debated, and many Partkru-

* lars infifted upon, both for the Difcovery and
' Puniftiment of the faid Mifdemeanors and Out-
' rages, and alfo for the preventing of the like for

* the Time to come, it was at laft concluded and

* agreed by this Common Council as folJoweth :
Firft, ' This Common Council do generally

* conceive that this City was in great Danger by

* reafon of the faid Outrages arid Mifderfieanors ;

* and that if the fame had not fo timely been pre-

* vented and flayed, the whole City would have

* been expofed to the Fury and Rage of the faid
« Malefadors.

' And this Common Couricil do declare, That

* the fame Mifdemeanor and Outrage was a horrid

* and deteftable Act, tending to the Deftru&ion of

< the City j that they do difavow the fame, and

* with an utter Delegation to declare their Diflike

< thereof,

' And this CommonCouncil do appoint the Com-

* mittee of the Militia of London to make the fame

* known to the Honourable HoufeS of Parliament :

* And alfo to make an humble Requeft unto them,

* That an Order may be iflued forth from them to

< the feveral Minifters of this City, and the Places
' adjacent, that they may be directed to give public
' Thanks to Almighty God, the Author of this
' great and wonderful Deliverance from that im-

* minent Danger wherein the City and iParts adja-
' cent were involved.

' And further the faid Committee are appointed

* by this Court to apply themfelves to the Honour-
' able Houfes of Parliament, for the obtaining of a
' fpecial Commifiion of Oyer and Termintr^ for the
« trying and punching all the Malefactors that had

« a Hand

^ENGLAND. 9$

«i ftand in this deteftable Aftion, according to An, 14 Car. fc

* the known Laws of this Land. t _' * ' f

< And this Court, with thankful Hearts, do ac-

* knowledge the Inftruments, under God, by which

* they obtained this Deliverance, to be by the Forces
f raifed and continued by the Parliament, under
' the Command of his Excellency the Lord-Gene-

* ral Fairfax : And to manifeft the fame,

« This Common Council do alfo order, That the

* faid Committee of the Militia, in the Name of this
4 City, as a Thing agreed upon by an unanimous

* Confent, {hall return their hearty Thanks to his

* Excellency, for his fpeedy and feafonable Aid of-

* fered unto the City in this their great Strait and

* Danger.

c And this Court, with a general Confent, da

* well approve of the Endeavours of the faid Com-

* mittee of the Militia of London, for the raifing of
' the Forces of this City ; and in their procuring of

* the faid Aid and Help from his Excellency in this

* Extremity, and what elfe they have done for the

* appealing and fupprefling of the faid Tumults.

* And this Court do give Thanks to the faki
' Committee of the Militia, for their Care and

* Pains by them taken upon this fad Occafion j

* and they do appoint Mr, Alderman Fowh to de-

* clare the fame, their Thanks, to fuch of the faki

* Committee as are not of this Court.

* And this Court do alfo, with all Thankfulnefs,

* acknowledge the Pains and Care of the Right
c Honourable the Lord Mayor, and the Right

* Worftiipful the Sheriffs of this City, therein.

* And this Court do generally declare, That ifc

* is the Duty of every Citizen of this City by him^

* felf, and all that do belong unto him, or is un-

* der his Command, to be ready, upon all Occa-

* fions, to be aiding and aflifting unto the Lord

* Mayor, and the reft of the Magiftrates of this

* City, for the fupprefling of all Tumults and Dif-

* orders within the fame.

« And

96

An. 24 Car, I.
1648.

April.

Articles of Im-
peachment of
High Treafon
againft Sir John
Cayrc.

*ft*e Parliamentary HISTORY

c And the feveral Perfons now prefent at this
' Common Council, by the holding up of their
' Hands, have promifed, That, for the Time to
4 come, they will ufe their utmoft Endeavours, and
* be ready upon all Occafions, to do the fame/

The next enfuing Sunday Was appointed by the
Lords as a Day of Thankfgiving for this Deliver-
ance j and a Letter of Thanks was wrote to the
General for his Care and Diligence in this Matter.

April 14. The Commons fent up to the Lords
their Articles of Impeachment againft Sir John
Gayre, Krit, which were read as follows :

ARTICLES of the Commons ajfembled In Parliament, in
Maintenance of their Impeachment again/} Sir John
Gayrej Knight, Alderman of the City of London,
whereby he Jtands charged of High Treajon^ and
ether high Crimes and Mifdemeanors*

TP H A T upon the 26th of July laft paft, and
divers Days before and fince, he the faid
John Gayre, being then Lord Mayor of London,
at the Guild-Hall, and other Places within the
.faid Cities of London and Wejlminjler, and Coun-
ties of Middlesex and Surrey, contrary to his
Oath and Duty as Lord Mayor of London, and
againft his Allegiance, hath, together with Thomas
ddams, John Ldngham, and James Bunce, Alder-*-
men of London ; William Drake, Jeremiah Bains,
John Milton, Thomas Papillion, Richard Rumney,
and Richard Crook, Citizens of London ; and with
Col. Sydenbam Pointz, Col. John Dalbier,
Col. James Midhop, Capt. Robert Maffey, and
other E.eformado Officers and Soldiers, and
other Perfbns, malicioufly and traiteroufly plotted
and endeavoured, with open Force and Violence,
and with armed Power, to compel and enforce
the Lords and Commons, then aflembled in Par-
liament at IVejlminJlcr^ to alter the Laws and

6 Ordinances

^/ENGLAND.. 97

Ordinances by Parliament eftablimed for the Safe- An- 24 ^ar-
ty and Weal of the Realm; and likewife, mali- t * *" ,
cioufly and traiteroufly, to raife and levy \Var April,
within the Places aforefaid, againft the King,
Parliament, and Kingdom, ; and accordingly, at
the Times and Places aforefaid, hath, with the
Perfons aforefaid, and others, malicioufly and
traitercufly raifed and levied War againft the
King", Parliament, an-d Kingdom ; and to-
gether with the Perfons aforefaid, with open
Force and Violence, and with armed Power, did,
at the Times and Places aforefaid, malicioufly
compel and enforce the faid Lords and Commons,
in Parliament affembled, to alter, annul, and make
void fevera! Laws and Ordinances by Parliament
eflablifhed, and to make new Laws and Ordi-
nances according to their own Will and Pleafure.
* That the faid Sir John Gayre, together with
the faid John Langbant, Thomas Adams, James
Bunce, WiRlam Drake, Jeremiah Bains, John
Milton, Thomas Papillion, Richard Rumney, and
Richard Crook, Citizens ; together with Col. Sy-
denham Pointz, Col. John Datbier, Col. James
Midhop, Capt. Robert Maffey, and other Refor-
mado Officers and Soldiers, and other Perfons ;
which Reformadoes, by Ordinance of Parliament,
the Lords and Commons afTembled in Parliament,
for their tumultuous Carriage towards the Parlia-
ment, were commanded to depart out of the Cities
of London and Weftrnnifter, and twenty Miles about *

the late Lines of Communication j and the
Execution of the faid Ordinance was committed
to the faid Sir John Gayrt, John Langham, Thomas •
Adams, James Bunce, tsc. the then Militia of
the City of London, \vho were, by divers Or-
ders of the Ploufe of Commons, put in Mind
of their Duty, and required to put the faid Or-
dinance duly in Execution, which they did. not
do; but did, at the Times and Places afore-
faid, traiteroufiy .°-nd feditioufly procure, abet,
maintain, and encourage the faid Reforaa-
Vox. XVII. G * do

Tke Parliamentary HISTORY

An. -4. Car. I. < <Jo Officers and Soldiers, and many A[ [rentiers

t_ *' '_ , * of tbe City of Lcnd.n, and givers other Perforrs

April. ' ill-afFe6ted to the Proceedings of Parliamer t, by

* open Force and Violence, and with arrred Power,
' to compel and enforce the Houfes of Parliament

* to revoke, annul, and make void an Ordinance
' of Parliament, mad, ; nd p.;f d by the Lords and

* Con tr.ons, now ifletnblbd in Parliament, the 23d
' D.i\7 of Jt-'y !. ft ; which was as follows :

' The Loids and Lctt:m<.ns aflemtUd in Parliament,
'- +heir ferious Ccnfideration the preferrt

* State ar.u Condition of the Kingdom of England, and

* particularly oj the City <?/* London, do ordain and

* declare, a? d be it ordained'and declared by Anttcri-
' ty of I 'iv: nai:>ent ) That the Lord Mayer and Sheriff

* of London for the Time being, and Sir John Wol-
' lauon, A'':f ;•'-*. Kaac Pennington, Thomas At-

* ki,-:", John Warner, James Bunce, John Fowke,

* William Gibbs, John Kendfick, JohnLangham,
« and Richard Chambers, Aldermen ; Field- Marjhal

* Skippon, Randal Manwaring, Francis Peck, Sa-
' muel Warner, James Rullel, Nathanael Wright,
< William Berkley, Alexander Normanton, Ste-
' phen Eftwick, Owen Rowe, Richard Turner,
' femor. William Hobfon, Richard Ikteman, Ri-
' ch. rd Turner,y««/5r, Robert Tichburn, Tempeft
4 Milner, William Antrobus, Thomas Player, fe-

* nior, Samuel Harfnet, Francis Allen, Colonel

* Wilfon, Colonel John Bellamy, and Alexander
' Jones, Citizens ; be, and are hereby conjlituted, a
c Committee for the Militia of the L.ity of London,

* and the Liberties thereof, arid all other Places
' within the Lines of Communication and Weekly

* Bills of Mortality ; and any Nine or more of them

* jhall have Power, and are her f by authorized, to

* ajjemble and call together all and fingular Perfon

* and Perfcr.s cf the faid City o/'London, and the

* faid Liberties thereof within the Lines cf Cunmu-

* cation and Jt'eekh Bills of Mortality, that are

* meet and jit for the Wars, and them to train and
' sxercife, and put in Readinefs ; and them, after

4 their

of E N G L A N D. 99

* their Abilities and Faculties, well and fufficientlj, An 14 Car. I.
' from Time to Time, t> caijfe it to be arrayed and ^ \ ' j

* weapffned ; and to take Muji<.>rs of them in Places ^pril. J

* mojt Jit for that Purpofe ; and tha they Jhall have
' Power to lead, conduft, and employ, the Perfons
c aforefaid, fo arrayed and weaponed, for the Sup-

* Prefji°n °f a^ Rebellions, InfurreElions, and Inva-

* Jions that may happen within the City and Liberties

* thereof, or within the Lines of Commvnica;:on and
' weekly Bills of Mortality : And lik^mfe they have

* further Power and Authority to lead, conduct, and
' employ the Perfons aforefaid, fo arrayed and weapon-
' edy as well within the faid City, as within any other
1 Part of this Realm of England or Dominion of

* Wales, for the Supprejfion of all Rebellions, Infur-

* regions, or Invajions that may happen, according as
6 they Jhall, from Time to Time, receive Directions
' from the faid Lords and Commons in Parliament af-
' fembled ; and that the faid Committee, or any Nine or

* mire of them, Jhall have Power ^ and are hereby au-
1 thorized, to conftitute and make Colonels, Captains^
' and other Officers ; and Jhall have Power to remove
' and difplace Colonels, Captains, and other Officers,
' from Time to Time, as they, or any Nine or more of
' them as aforefaid, Jhall fee Cauje and think fit ; and

* that the faid Committee, or any Nine or more of them
' as aforefaid, Jhall have the fame Power and Authori-
' ty, to all Intents and Purpofes^ and in the fame Man-

* ner and Form as any Committee for the Militia of
4 the City of London had the loth of July 1647, by
' any Order or Ordinance of Parliament ; and that all

* and every Perfon or Perfons, ivho have heretofore

* a£led and done, or Jhall hereafter aft or do, any Aft

* or Thing whatfoever by virtue of this or any former
' Ordinance or Ordinances of Parliament, concerning
' the faid Militia, Jhall be faved harmltfs and indem-
' nified for and concerning the fame by Authority of

* Parliament.

' And it is hereby further ordained, Tljat no Citi-

* zen of the City ^London, nor any of the Forces

G 2 « of

ioo 7&? 'Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. ( of the f aid City or Liberties thereof, Jhall be drauin
, l648' , ' forth, or compelled to go out of the faid City or Li'
April. ' forties thereof \ for Military Service, without his cr
' their free Confent.

' And it is, lajlly, ordained and declared by the
' Authority aforefaid, That the Ordinances of Parlia-
' ment of the tfh of May, 1647, for the Militia of
' London, Jhall, from henceforth, ceafe and be deter-

* mined to fill Inteuts and Purpofes whatfoever ; and

* this prefent Ordination is to continue during the
« Pleafurc of both Houfes of Parliament.

* And likewife, by fuch open Force and Vio-

* lence, and armed Power, to compel and enforce
' the faid Lords and Commons, afiembled in Par-

* liamt:nt, to revoke, annul, and make void a De-

* claration, made by the faid Lords and Commons,
' the 24th of July laft, which is as follows :

' The Lords and Commons having feen a printed
' Paper, intituled, A Petition to the Lord Mayor,

* Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London,

* in the Guildhall affembled, under the Names of

* divers Citizens, Commanders, Officers and Sol-

* diers of the Trained Bands, Auxiliaries, and

* other young Men and Apprentices ; Sea-Com-
' manders, Seamen, and Watermen ; together with
' a dangerous Engagement of the fame Persons, by

* Oath and lrow, concerning the Kings prefent coming

* to the Parliament, upon Terms far different from
' thefe which both Hoiifes, after mature Deliberation,

* have declared to be necejjary for the Goad and Safety
' of this Kingdom ; cafting Rejieclions both upon- the
' Proceedings of Parliament and Army, and tend"

* ing ty the embroiling the Kingdom in a new War:

* And the faid Lords and Commons taking Notice,
' of great Endeavours ufed by -divers iil-ajfefted

* Pcrfcns, to procure Subfcriptic-ns thereunto, where-

* by wetl-n:e ining People may be mijlcd, do there-
' fore declare, That whomever, after Publication
f or Notice hereof, J})all proceed in, or procure or ftt
' bis Name to, or give Coifeit thai h:s Name foall

* be fet untj, or any Way engaged ivitb, the faid
' Engagement, Jhall be deemed and adjudged guilty

' °f

of ENGLAND. 101

. of High Treafon, and Jball forfeit Life and Eft ate as Aa- H Car. I,

s-i /• /» T T • i '-r-' r • n i lOio*

;>z GT/* 0f High Treajon is accujtomed. t _^

* And further, by the faid open Force and Vio- A?ril.
lence, and with armed Power, to compel and en-
force the faiJ Lords and Commons, in Parlia-
ment affembled, to make and ordain an Ordinance
of Parliament of the 26th of July, whereby they
made the Ordinance of Parliament of the 4th of
May^ for and concerning the Militia of th& City
of London, formerly repealed, to be in full Force
and Virtue, any thing in the Ordinance of the
23d of 'July to the contrary notwithstanding.
' And the faid Col. James A4idbcp, Capt. Robert
MaJJey, and the f id other Reformado Officers
and Soldiers, Aprentices, and others the faid ill-
affected People, by the Procurement, Abetting,
Maintenance, Encouragement, and Affiftance of
the faid Sir John Gayre, Thomas Adams, John
Langbain, James Buna', William Drake, Henry
Bains, John Milton, Thomas Papillion, Richard
Rumney, and Richard Crooke, Citizens, did ac-
cordingly, traiteroufly and malicioufly, with open
Force and Violence, and with armed Power, up-,
on or about the 26th of July, compel and enforce
the faid Lords and Commons, in Parliament af-
fembled wuhan the City of Wejlminjler , to repeal
and make void the aforeiaid Ordinance of the
23d of July ; and alfo revoke, annul, and make
void the aforefaid Declaration of the 24th of July,
and to make again and pafs the faid Ordinance
for the Mititia of the 4th of May, formerly re-
pealed.

' And by the faid open Force and Vio'ence, and
armed Power, and by the Procurement, Abetting,
Maintenance, Encouraging, and Afliftance as
aforefaid, did, on or about the 26th of July, traite-
roufly and malicioufly compel and enforce the
Houfe of Commons to vote, That the King fhould.
forthwith come up to the City of London ; which
Procuring, Abetting, Maintaining, Encouraging,
and actual Force as aforefaid, was procured and
G 3 'done'

102

An. 24 Car. I.
1648.

The Parliamentary HISTORY

done to the Intent and Purpofe to annul and
make void feveral Laws an -\ Ordinances made by
the Lords and Commons affe.nbled in Parliament,
for the Safety and Welfare of the People of this
Re. an, and to deftroy an:! take away the juft
Power and Authority of the Parliament ; and to
the further Intent, that he the faid Sir John Gayre^
with others his faid Confederates, might be the
be er enabled to carr/ on their traiterous Defign
of levying the faid War againft the King, Parlia-
ment, and Kingdom.

' That, in further Profecution of his faid traiterous
levying the faid War, and other his traiterous
Plottings, Contrivances, and Abetting as aforefaid,
he the faid Sir John Gayre, together with the faid
Thomas Jdams, 'John Langham, James Bunce9
Aldermen ; Denzill Plollis^ Walter Long, Efqrs;
Sir John Maynard, Knight of the Bath, Col. Sy-
denbajn Poiniz> Jeremiah Eains, William Drake^
Richard Rumney, and other Perfons, caufed many
of the Reformado Officers and Soldiers, and
many Regiments of other armed Men, to the
Number of 10,000 armed Men, and upwards,
upon or about the 3Oth of July laft paft, to be
lifted and raifed ; and, being fo lifted, armed, and
raifed, to be employed with Weapons of War,
offenfive and defensive, in a warlike Manner, to
fight againft the Army, under the Command of
Sir Thomas Fairfax, who was, by Ordinance of
Lords and Commons, affembled in Parliament,
appointed to defend the Parliament and King-
dom, and was then marching up to the City of
London to that Purpofe : And the faid Sir John
Gayrey and the faid Reformado Officers and Sol-
diers, and Perfons aforefaid, with the faid Regi-
ment of armed Men and other Forces, at the
Time afcrefaid, did levy actual War within the
Ciiies of London and Wejlrnin/ler, Counties of
Middlesex and 5«rry, againft the King, Parlia-
ment, and Kingdom.

« By all which Means and Ways, ne the faid Sir
John Gayre hath, traiteroufly ami malicioufly,

' complottcd.

of E N G L A N D. 103

complotted, contrived, and actually levied War An. 24. Car. I.
againftthe King, Parliament, and Kingdom ; and L T0"*3'
hath, traiteroufiy and malicioufly, plotted, con- Aprili
trived, procured, and abetted the forcing of the
faid Houfes of Parliament as aforefaid ; which
actually by him, and Ins Abetment and Procure-
ment, hath been done accordingly : For all which
they do impeach him of High Treafon againft
the King, his Crown and Dignity.'
* And the faid Commons, by Protection, faving
to themfelves a Libeny of exhibiting, at any
Times hereafter, any other Accufation or Im-
peachment againft the faid Sir John Gayre ; and
alio of replying to the Anfvvers that the faid Sir
John Gayre fliall make to his faid Articles, or any
of them, and of offering further Proof alfo of the
Premifes, or any of them, or any other Impeach-
ment or Accufation that {hall be, by then,-, as the
Caufe (hall, according to the Courfe of" Parlia-
ment, require, do pray, that the faid Sir John
Gayre\)Q put to anfwer all and every the Premifes ;
and that fuch Pr >ceedings, Examinations, Trial,
and Judgment may be upon e,very of them had
and ufed, as is agreeable to Law and Juftice.'

Hereupon the Lords ordered, That Sir John
Gayre, Knight, now Prifoner in the Tower of LM-
*/3«,be brought to their Bar on Wednefday Morning
next, to receive this Charge of High Treafon. and
other high Cr'unes and MifJemeanors brought up
from the Houfe of Commons againil him ; and this
Order to be directed to the Lieutenant of the
Tower,

April, 17. This D.y c.m3 another Packet of
Letters from the Commuifioners in Scotland; which
brought no other Advice than that they had not yet
got an Anfwer to the Papers they had delivered to
the Parliament there, according to the Lord-Chan-
cellor's Promife of the 3d of this Month, but only
the following Order :

G 4 At

April.

More Letrersand
Papers from the
Parliament's

jn Scotland.

¥he Parliamentary HISTORY

At Edinburgh the $tb Day of April, the Tear of
God 1648.

THE States of Parliament recommend to
the Lord-Chancellor, Prefident of the Par-
liament, to make known to the Commiflioners
from the Parliament of England, that the Opinion
of the Committee for an AnfWer to be returned
to the Letters and Papers, given in by them, was
this Day, the laft Day of the Week, prefented
and read in Parliament. But, according to the
Order kept in thisParliament, the Anfwer is taken
into the Confideration of the feveral Eftates, till
the Beginning of the next Week, at which Time
* it v/ill be given to them.

Extrafted forth of the Records of Parliament by me
Sir Alexander Gibfon o/"Drury, Knight, Clerk
of his Majcfty's Regtfters^ Councils^ and Rollst
under my Signet and Subscription manual,

ALEX. GIBSON.

April. 19. This Day came other Letters to the
Lords from their Commiffioners j the Tenor of
them as follows :

For the Right Hon. EDWARD Earl of M A N-
CHESTER, Speaker of the Honfe of PEERS pro
Tern pore,

Edinburgh, April 15, 1648.
, My Lord,

'"T* H E Parliament of Scotland not giving an
Anfwer to our Papers in the Beginning of
this Week, according to their Order and our Let-
ter fent to your Lordmips by the laft Pofr, we did
prefs it again in another Paper, a Copy whereof is
here inelofed; wherein we made an additional
Demand of Col. George Wray, which was deli-
vered Yeilerday, but had not been read till this
Day,r when we did receive the inelofed Anfwer;
whereunto, although we refoive to make a Reply
in Maintenance of our former Papers, yet the

« Difference

of E N G LAN D. 105

Difference being upon the Expofition of an A& An. 24 Car. f.
of Parliament, we thought it our Duty to fend
forthwith to your Lordfhips, that if, in your Wit-
dom, your Lordfhips (hall think fit, your Lord-,
fhips might give further Directions unto us,

My Lord,

Tour Lord/tip's mo/l faithful,

and humble Servants,

NOTTINGHAM,
STAMFORD:

A PAPER of the Parliament of Scotland, In An-
fwcr to fever al Papers delivered in by the Englifli
CommiJJioners*

Edinburgh, April 12, 1648.

TH E Eftates of Parliament, having perufed
and confidered the feyeral Papers given in
to them and to the Committee of Eftates, by the
Commiffioners of both Houfes of the Parliament
of England^ fmce their laft Coming to this King-
dom, dofind, at the Arrival of the faid Commif-
fioners, and upon their fir ft Addrefs to the Com-
mittee of Eftates, although they {hewed no Com-
miflion, nor had any Credential Letters directed
to the Committee, yet 'the Committee of Eftates
did appoint fome of their Number to meet with
them, who did accordingly receive from them
what they then thought fit to offer ; and when
they made their Addrefles to the Parliament, the
very Days wherein their Letters were given to the
Lord -Chancellor, to whom they fent the fame,
they were inftantly read in Parliament ; and a
Committee appointed to take into Confideration
what was offered by them, that, upon Report
thereof, an Anfwer might be returned by the.
Parliament.

* Whereas your Lordfhips are pleafed, in th$
Name of the Honourable Houfes of the Parliament
of England^ to exprefs their Ddires to nrefci ve a

io6 ffie Parliamentary HISTORY

good Underftanding* and Brotherly Agreement
betwixt the two Kingdoms, the Eftates of Parlia-
liament do return this Anfwer, That as the Ac-
tions of this Kingdom have been real Proofs of
their Defires and Willingnefs to entertain a good
Correfpondence and Amity betwixt the two Na-
tions, fo they are ftill refolved to keep inviolably,
on their Parts, the happy Union to which both
Kingdoms are folemnly engaged by the Covenant
and Treaties : Yet they have thought fit to let
them know, that this Kingdom hath Reafon to be
very fenfible, that the neceflary and juft Defires
given in by their Commifiioners, by Warrant of
the Parliament and their Committees, to the Ho-
nourable Houfes of the Parliament of England^
concerning Religion, the King's Majefty, and
Intereft of this Kingdom, have had no fatisfac-
tory Anfwer as yet.

' And for the particular Defires concerning Capt.
Wogan, and his Troop, a'ledged to be in this
Kingdom, and demanded in the Paper of the
aift of March, upon the Adt of Pacification and
Oblivion in the large Tteaty, Anno 1641, as De-
linquents, and who have been in Arms againft
the Parliament of England; and the Paper of the
3lft of March, demanding the aforefaid Captain
Wogan, Sir Philip Mufgrave, and Sir Thomas
Glemham, to be delivered up, upon the fame A&
of Pacification, as thofe who have rifen in Arms,
and made War agajnft the Parliament of Eng~
land : If your Lordfhips will be pleafed toperufe
that Treaty and A6t of Pacification, to which
the Papers given in do relate, it will clearly ap-
pear that none can be demanded or delivered by
this Kingdom, but fuch only of the Eng lift Nation
who have infenced the Kingdom of Scotland againft
the Kingdom of England, all other Criminals be-
ing referred to the Laws.

* And the Eftates of this Kingdom are confident
that your Lordfhips will not mifunderftand the
not returning of an Anfwer fooner to your
Papers and Defires, fince the many other pref-

* fing;

c/ E N G L A N D. 107

fmg; and weighty Affairs of this Kingdom, which An. 24 Car. I.
have ftill been before the Parliament fince your v l( ' t
Coming, have been the only Reafon of this De- ApiiL
lay.

* The Eftates of Parliament give Warrant and
Command to the Committee of Twenty-four to
deliver to the Englijh Commifii oners the Anfwer
this Day parted in Parliament; to appoint fome of
their Number to meet with the Englijh Commif-
fioners ; to aflert the Parliament's Anfwer ; and
to report what further the Commiflioners of the
Honourable Houfes of the Parliament of England
{hail offer to the Ccnfideration of the Parliament
of Scotland.'

Extratted out of the Records of Parliament by me
Sir Alexander Gibfon o/Drury, Knight^ Clerk
of his Maje/ly's Regifters^ Councils, and Rollsy
under my Signet and Subfcription manual^

ALEX. GIBSON.

A Copy of the PAPER delivered in to the Parliament of
Scotland, concerning the former Demands of Capt.
Wogan, Sir Philip Mufgrave, Sir Thomas
Glemham, and a further Demand of Colonel
George Wray.

Edinburgh^ April 14, 1648.
' T17 E had Notice from the Honourable the

* * * Parliament of Scotland, that we {hould
« have an Anfwer the laft Week to the feveral

* Papers communicated to them from us ; and,
« fince that Time, that we {hould have an Anfwer

* in the Beginning of this Week ; but we not rc-

* ceiving any hitherto, think it our Duty, in a Buii-
' nefs wherein we have fo ftri£l a Charge, and
' which do fo much concern the Peace of both
' Kingdoms, to prefs your Lordihips again for the

* fpeedy Anfwer, efpecially to our Demand of

* Captain Wo^an and his Troop, Sir Philip Muf-

* grave and Sir Thomas Glemham ; the rather, be-r

* caufe we do ftill obferve a great Concourfe of

* Englijh

April.

*Tbe Parliamentary HISTORY

Englijb Delinquents into this Kingdom, who are
received and harboured here; and, amongft them,
fome Papifts that have been in Arms, who were,
all, by former Propofitions to the King, agree<J
to by both Kingdoms, except:d from Pardon ;
and particularly we know that one Col. Georgs
JVray^ who is a Papift, and was a Colonel in the
War againft the Parliament h.'.th been for fome
Time of late, and we believe no vV is, in this City
of 'Edinburgh : We do therefore, upon the Grounds
laid down in our former Papers which v. e hope do
appear very clear to your Lordlhips, demand of
the Parliament of Scotland^ in the Name of both
Houfes of the Parliament of England^ that the
faid Col. George Wray be likewife delivered to
us, to be difpofed of as both Houfes of the Parlia-
ment of England {hall direct j and that they may
no longer have Shelter and Protection in this
Kingdom.'

By Command of the Commijfioners of the Par-
liament <j/"England,

JO. SQUIBB.

re The fame Da7> APrl1 T9> the Lieutenant of the
500!. Lr a Con- Tower having brought up Sir John Gayre to the
Houfe of Lords, the Speaker commanded him to
kneel at the Bar as a Delinquent ; which he re-
fufed to do, and defired to be heard : But being
commanded again to kneel, and he ftill refufing to
do fo, the Lqrds directed him to withdraw; and
then taking into Confideration the high Contempt
hereby offered to their Houfe, fined him 500 /. to the
King, to be prefently eftreated into the Exchequer.
Sir "John Gayre being called in again, and told by
the Speaker, That the Lords had fined him 500?.
for his high Contempt; and the Impeachment be-
ing then read in his Prefence, he faid, He difavow-
ed and abhorred the Offences which he had heard
read to him : He alfo defired a Copy of his
Charge under the Clerk of the Parliament's Hand,
Time to anfwer it, and that fuch CounfeJ r.s he

fhould

of E N G L A N D. 109

fhould defire might be afligned him; which the An. 24 Car, i
Lords agreed to : But ordered that he fhould ftand v l548' t
committed to the Lieutenant of the Toivcr, there to A ^
be kept in fafe Cuftody during the Pleafure of that
Houfe.

April 21. A remarkable Affair relating to the
Univerfity of Oxford, we find, is this Day entered
in the Lords journals, which fufficiently explains
itfelf:

the HEADS of a REPORT made to the Committee of
Lords and Commons for Reformation of the Univer-
fity of Oxford from their Vifitors, concerning all the
Pa/ages whiljl the Earl of Pembroke, Chancellor
of the Univerfity, was there.

TH E Chancellor did behave himfelf in the Proceedings of
whole Bufmefs with fmgular Zeal, Fidelity, ^7^°™^"
and Patience; vindicating the Authority of Par- the un;v
liament, encouraging all thofe that did appear for Oxford,
the PublicGood,difcountenancingthe Malignants
and Oppofites, and exceedingly advanced the
Reformation of that Univerfity; and, that, he
migh give fpecial Teftimony of his good Affec-
tions to Piety as well as Learning, he gave to
the Univerfity a Bible, lately printed in Frar.ce,
in the original Tongues and other learned Lan-
guages ; he was entertained by the Vifitors and
theip Delegates with feveral Orations in EngHJb
and Latin, and with many Verfes from the young
Students, that either came to the Univerfity fince
the Surrender of Oxford, or elfe were conftrained
to leave the Univeriaty in the King's Time. :
* The Chancellor and Vifitors- went to the fe- ,
veral Colleges, and inverted the feveral Heads of
Houfes and Prebendaries of ChnJl-Church (a],
put in by the Parliament. They were waited

' on

(<A Dr. fell, Dean a' Cbrift-Cbtrcb, with Dr. Garlittr,"Dr. IJJft,
»nd Dr. M'.-rlcy, Csnons, had b.en expdlcd that Uiiiverfi./ in the-
Beginning of Manb,

<fbe Parliamentary HISTORY

c on by fix Beadles, who were chofen in the room

* of thofe who were withdrawn, and had taken
' their Staves out of the Way ; fo that my Lord
' and Vifitors had no Infignia, but a Seal which
' the Vifitors found cafually, all the reft being de-
' tained from them, and the Men in whole Hands

* the Infignia were laft being withdrawn.

c In going to the feveral Colleges, the Chancel-
' lor and Vifitors found the feveral Societies gene-
' rally diflaffected and difobedient to the Power of
c the Parliament.

' That none of them who were there in the
' King's Time, that we could have Notice of, dkl
' give their Attendance on the Chancellor and Vifi-

* tors, though they had Warning to appear in the
« public Halls.

' When they came to the feveral Colleges to in-

* veft the Heads placed by the Parliament, none of
' the College Gates were fet open to receive the
' Chancellor and Vifitors ; and none of the Heads
' of Houfes or Members of the Univerfity, of the
c old Stock, came to prefent their Service to the
' Chancellor, excepting two or three, whofe Intereft

* and private Occafions brought them to him.

' The Chancellor and Vifitors were confrrained
4 to make their Way into feveral of their Lodgings

* with an Iron Wedge, and to keep Pofleffion by
' Soldiers ; and in fome Colleges where the Chan-
' cellor and Vifitors had entered the Names of fuch

* as were put into Places by the Parliament, they

* were razed out again, and the Leaf torn out where
' they were entered.

* Dr. Sheldon, the former Warden of All-Souls,

* was committed for his contemptuous Carriage.'

The Committee of Lords and Commons for
Reformation of the Univerfity of Oxford having
prefented this Report from their Vifitors, to both
Houfes, refpe<5Hvely, they thereupon made the fol-
lowing Orders, viz.

i. « That

«/ ENGLAND. in

1. < That Thanks be given to the Earl of Pern-
c broke^ Chancellor of the Univerfity of Oxford^ for
« his great Care and Pains in fettling the faid Uni-
c verfity according to the Authority of Parliament.

2. ' That (in regard of the late Contempt of
the Fellows, Ofiicers, and Members of Colleges
in Oxford to the Authority of Parli ment) the
Vifitors may fend a new Summons for all Fellows,
Officers, and Members of the feveral Colleges and
Halls ; and if they do not appear, or, appearing, {hall
not fubmit to the Authority of Parliament in the
Vifitation, that then the Vifitors {hall have Power
to fufpend, for the prefent j and to certify the fame
to the Committee of Lords and Commons for Re-
formation of the Univerfity of Oxford j who, upon
Certificate thereof, fhall have Power to remove and
deprive them from their Places in the refpe&ive
Colleges and Halls, and to expel them from the
Univerfity ; and, upon Certificate thereof -from
this Committee, the Heads of Houles, in their re-
fpeclive Colleges and Halls, with the Vifitors, {hall
put others in their Places.

3. * That this Order be forthwith printed, and
that the Vifitors do publifh it in the Univerfity.

4. ' That the Burfers and Treafurers of the
Colleges in Oxford fhall retain and keep fuch Mo-
nies as they have received, without making any Di-
vidend, until they fhall receive Order from the
Committee of Lords and Commons for Reforma-
tion of the Univerfity of Oxford: And that from
henceforth all Tenants and fuch others, as are to
pay any Monies, or other Duties, to any College
in the Univerfity of Oxford, {hall pay the fame to
the Heads of the Houfes appointed by Authority of
Parliament refpe£ttvely,or to thofe whom they fhall
appoint to receive the fame, and to no other: And
that the Acquittance of fuch Heads of Houfes, or
of fuch as they fhall appoint to receive the fame,
fhall be fufficicnt Warrant and Difcharge to th.e
£bveral Tenants for the Payment thereof accord^

'The Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. ingly, notwithftanding any Condition in their

^ * * ' * Leafes to the contrary.'
April.

Next the Articles of Impeachment of High
Treafon, and other high Crimes and Mifdemeanors,
brought up from the Houfe of Commons againft
Thomas Adams^ Alderman of the City of London^
were read : But, being the fame as thofe againft Sir
"John Gayre^ which we have already given, are un-
neceflary to be repeated.

jfpril 22. This Day the Earl of 'Northumberland
acquainted the Lords, that the Duke of York had
conveyed himfelf privately from St. James's^ none
of his Servants knowing of it. On which that
Houfe ordered a prefent Conference with the Com-
mons, at which the Earl was to make the Narra-
tive of the Manner of the'Duke's Efcape,as he then
had done. It was afterwards agreed by the Lords,
that the Matter, to be communicated to the Com-
mons at this Conference, fhould be as follows :

' THAT the Lords do well remember that it

_

Narrative of the was reported to both Houfes from the Com-

Dukeof York's mittee of Lords and Commons at Dcrby-Honfe,
pe* upon a former Defign of the Duke of York's. going

away, that the £arl of Northwnbcrhtnd defired that
he might not be further accountable for the Duke
of York ; for that it appeared there was a Defign of
taking him away, and that the Duke was conient-
ingto it.

4 The fame Declaration was likewife made by
the faid Earl in the Houfe of Peers ; yet notwith-
ftanding this Report and Declaration of the faid
Earl, upon the Receipt of two Letters from the
Duke of York, directed to the Spenkers of both
Hcufes, by which he engaged his Honour and
faith never to engcge himfelf any more in fucb
Bufmefs, both Houfes did, by a Vote of the zd of
1647, defire the Earl of Nsrtbumberland,

to

•f ENGLAND. 113

to take the bed Care he could of the faid Duke An. 24 c«. L
and the reft of the King's Childrert, and to continue ^i648«^
them ftill under his Charge and Care; which the April,
faid Earl did accept, fo as he might not be account-
able if any fuch Accident fliould fall out as that
he fliould go away.

* Upon Confideration thereof, and the Account
which the Earl of Northumberland hath this Day
given, the Lords do declare, thi:t they are fully
Satisfied that the laid E arl hath difcharged his Duty
and Truft fo far as could be expected from him.

The Commons gave their Concurrence to this
Declaration of the Lords, and immediately refolved
that the Allowance, made by Parliament to the
Duke of firkt (hould be taken off.

April 24. This Day there was a Call of the
Houfe of Commons, when 306 Members were
prefent.

The fame Day more Letters and Papers from
Scotland, were read in the Houfe of Lords :

For the Right Honourable the Earl of MAN-
CHESTER, Speaker of the Houfe of PEERS pro
Tempore.

Edinburgh^ April 19, 1648.
My Lord,

IN our laft we did give your Lordfhip an Ac- Lefters.ftc.fmm
count of the Anfwer we received from the c n^jj^nat
Parliament of Scotland, and our Delires, if your Edinburgh.
Lordfliip thought fit, to receive your Lordmip's
further Directions thereupon; now we {hall only
acquaint your Lordfliip with our Reply thereunto,
a Copy whereof is inclofed ; and aflure your
Lordmip of our E.eadinefs to obferve all your
Lordlhip's Commands unto,

My Lord,

Tour Lordfnip's mo/? faithful Servant,
NOTTINGHAM.
VOL. XVII. H n*

ii4

An. 24 Car. I.

1648.

IpT

*fhe Parliamentary HISTORY

%e REPLY of the ENGLISH COMMISSIONERS, of
April 19, to the Parliament of SCOTLAND, in
Anfwer to theirs of the iltb.

Edinburgh, April 19, 1648.

\\7 E have received your Lordfhips Anfwer of
* V the 1 2th of this Inftant April^ 1648, where-
in we do not find any thing of thofe Papers
which were delivered, in order to the giving Satif-
faction unto this Kingdom concerning fuch
Monies as are due to them, and to the Scots Army
in Ireland^ from the Kingdom of England; where-
in both Houfes of the Parliament of England are
moft willing to do any thing in their Power, for
the real Performance of their Engagements.
' For that which your Lordfhips mention, con-
cerning our Commiflion and Credential Letters ;
we muft affirm, that although our Letters of
Credence were only dire&ed to the Honourable
the Parliament of Scotland^ yet we did fhew unto
the Right Honourable the Lord Chancellor, who
was lent to us from the Honourable the Commit-
tee of Eftates, that, by our Inftruclions, we had
Commiflion and Command t3 make Addrefs unto
that Committee: However, we do gladly take
Notice of your Lordfhip's Readinefs to continue
the good Correfpondency betwixt both King-
doms, and the Declaration of your Refolutions to
keep inviolably, on your Part, the happy Union
to which both Kingdoms are folemnly engaged
by the Covenant and Treaties ; and as we have
feveral Times already, fo now again we do, in the
Name of both Houfes of the Parliament of Eng-
land, declare, That it is their Refolution to keep
the Union inviolably, on their Part ; and we
{hall hope that both] Kingdoms (having to their
former Engagements' added thefe mutual Declara-
tions of their real Intentions therein) will be
careful not to do any tHing which may increafe
Jealoufies, or prov.oke one another to break the
Union, which is fo much hoped, defired, and

' endeavoured

^ENGLAND, 115

* endeavoured by thofe that are Enemies to both Al>- *+ Car. I.

t V J 104&.

' rLmgdoms. . , ' . ^*

* For thofe Deflres your Lordftiips mention, gi- April,

* ven in by your Commiflioners to the Parliament

* of England, we are confident they will do there-

* in what (hall be fit to mani eft their Defire of a
4 Brotherly Union with the Kingdom of Scotland.

' For the Anfwer your LoixHhips were pleafed to

* give to our Demands of Capt. Wogan and his
' Troop, Sir Philip Muf^rave and Sir Thomas

* Glemham ; if it were only according to your

* Lordftiips Papers, that, by the Acl of Pacification
' and Oblivion, they Were fuch as were to be re-
' ferred to their Trial by Law, yet that, as we con-

* ceive, doth imply a Ground and Juftification of
' our Demands} for they being in this Kingdom

* we cannot bring them to Trial* feeing we cannot

* purfue them hither by Force, until the Parlia-

* ment or Eftates of this Kingdom do deliver them

* into .our Hands, which Was the Sum of our De-

* mands : But it is moft cleaf without Difpute, in

* one of the laft Claufes in the faid A6t, that no

* Perfons who fhall be cenfured by the Parliament

* of England, as thefe are, fhould have Shelter or
' Protection in the Kingdom of Scotland ; and if

* your Lordftiips had but proceeded at prefent to
' fuch a Refolution, it might poflibly have prevent-

* ed Affronts and Threatnings to us from fome

* Englijhmen here, who have been in Arms againft
« the Parliaments of both Kingdoms H>wever, we

* do not now intend to trouble your Lordftiips with

* any thing of our own particular Concernments.

4 We do further defire your Lordfliips to perufe
« that Claufe in the faid Act, wherein it is pro-

* vided, That in cafe any of the Subjefls, of any of the

* Kingdoms, Jhall rife in Arms, or make Jf^ar againft

* any other of the Kingdoms and Subjefts thereof \ ivith-

* out Lonfent of the Parliament of that Kingdotfi

* whereof they are SubjeRs, or upon which they de-
' pend, that they Jhall be held, reputed, and deemed

* as Traitors to the States whereof they are Subjefis ;

H 2 « a*d

April.

. Parliamentary HISTORY

and that both the Kingdoms^ in that Cafe, be bound tb
concur in the repr effing of thofe that Jhail happen to
arife in Arms^ or make War without Confent of their
own Parliament : From whence we do obferve,
That if any of the Subjects of the Kingdom of
England^ in Arms, without the Confent of the
Parliament of England^ as Capt. Wogan and his
Troop were in Cumberland and other Parts of
England^ and Sir Philip Mufaravet Sir Thomas
Glemhatri) and Col. George Wray are, havingbeen
Commanders in the War againft the Parliament
of England, and not pardoned by them ; although
they thould not make War againft any other of
the Kingdoms or Subje&s thereof, yet both King-
doms are bound to reprefs them : Upon which
and all the abovefaid Grounds, we do infift upon
our former Papers $ that the aforefaid Perfons, be-
ing now in this Kingdom, may be, by your Lord-
fhips Power and Authority^ delivered unto us.'
By Command of the CommiJJioners of the Parlia-
ment 0/" England,

JOHN SQUIBB.

Pojl Merid. The Lords took into Confideration
an additional Inftru&ion to be fent to their Com-
miflioners in Scotland ; but firft read over all the
Papers, before given, delivered to the Scots Parlia-
ment by the CommiffionerSj according to their
different Dates*

An ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION for Charles Earl
^/"Nottingham, Henry Earl c/"Stamfcrd, Bryan
Stapylton, Robert Goodwyn, William Afhurft,
andjo\\n Birch, Efqrs. CotnmiJJioners from the Par-
liament of England to the Parliament of Scotland,
or any two of them.

H E R E A S both Houfes of the Parliament
of England have formerly given you Inftruc-
tions to demand from the Parliament of Scotland,
that Capt. Wogan^ and his Officers that are Eng-
KjbmtH, and alfo the Eriglijh Officers of any the'
Forces that may be palTed over out of this King-

* dom

of ENGLAND. 117

' dom Into Scotland-^ as alfo all fuch Officers and Fe- An- 24. Car. I.

* formadoes now in Scotland, as you fhall find to t

4 have at any Time ferved the King againft the Apriit
4 Parliament, may be all forthwith apprehended,

* ecured. and delivered over to you, to be fent Pri-
4 foners into England ; and that all private Soldiers
' may be difmountcd, difperfed, and fent home.

4 And whereas you "have, in purfuance of the
4 faid Instructions, demanded Capt. fflogan and
c othersj and have received from the Parliament
4 of Scotland a Paper of the 1 2th of April for an
4 Anfwer to the faid Demand, both which Demand
4 and Paper you have tranfmitted to the Houfes,
' who have thereupon refolved, That 'the Anfwer
4 given to you by the Parliament of Scotland, of the
4 1 2th of Apf.il is not fatisfactory :

4 You are therefore hereby required and autho-
4 rized to infift upon your former Demands, as to
4 thofe Perfons demanded, notwithftanding the faid
4 Anfwer, and to proceed further, as by your In- ,r

' ftructions you are appointed,

The Parliament now began to think the Scots In
Earneft for a War, and therefore iflued out Money
for repairing the Fortifications of Neivcajlle^ Tin-
mouth Caftle, //w//, and other Northern Fortrefies.
They alfo appointed a public Faft to be held on the;
2otb, for feeking God^ in fervent Prayer, for his
Blefling upon their Confutations and Proceedings :
And the following Declaration thereupon was or-
dered to be fent, by the LorJ Mayi r, to the Mini-*
fters of the feverai Congregations.

4 VY/Hatfover Dangers are threatened or feared, Declaration OEJ
' ** either by Divifion amongft ourfelves, Or occafion °^ a
4 Practices from Enemies abroad, we have ArTu- pu 1C a
4 ranee out of the Word of God, that we are not at
4 all in the leaft Danger, if God Almighty be not

* incenfed againft us for our Sins and Wickednefs j

4 which our Confciences teftify that he is exceed- ,
4 ingly againft every one of us in particular, and th$
*• Kingdom in general ; yet we believe, that if we
H 3 4 do.

-

April.

7&? Parliamentary HISTORY

do heartily and fincerely hun.ble ourfelves, and
turn to f^e kord, crying mightily to him in fer-
vent Prayer> with a lively Faith in Cbrifl, we
ihall certainly be delivered from all Evils and
Dangers, and enjoy all needful Bleflings and Be-
nefits to the whole State and Kingdom j there-
fore the feveral Minifterj within the Cities of Lon-
don and Wejlminfter, and the late Lines of Commu-
nication, in their reflective Congregations, arq
defired, upon this enfuing Day of Humiliation,
being the 26th of this Inftant April, earneftly to
feek the Lord, who is the God of all Wifdom
and Help, in much Mercy to this fmful and di~
ftra&ed Nation, fo to direct and blefs the Coun-
cils and Proceedings of the Parliament at this pre-
fent, that his heavy Judgments may be diverted
from us, and Truth and Peace eftablilhed through-
out the three Kindoms.'

April 26. This Day Alderman Adams was
brought to the Bar of the Houfe of Lords, to re-
Lords on the ceive his Charge of High Treafon, and other high
Impeachment Crimes and Mifdemeanors brought up from the
linflAidcrnun Houfe of Commons againfl- him ; where, being
commanded to kneel as a Delinquent, he defired to
be excufed from kneeling; which Anfwer the Lords
took for a Contempt ; and, after commanding him
to withdraw, fined him 500 /. to be eftreated into
the Exchequer, and levied forthwith.

Then he was called in again, and the Speaker
told him, That their Lordfhips had fined him 5od/,
for his high Contempt to that Houfe, in ref ufmg to
kneel at their Bar ; and then commanded his
Charge to be publickly read to him, which was ac-
cordingly done. Next the Speaker told him, he
(hould have a Copy of his Charge, if he defired it,
and Council aligned him ; which was accordingly
ordered.

Then was fhewn him a Paper, which the Lieu-
tenant of the Tower delivered to the Houfe, as fent
to him fr< m the faid Alderman Adams ; and the
Speaker sflced him, Whether the faid Writing,

now

of ENGLAND. 119

j&ow {hewed him, be his Hand- Writing or not; and An- 24 Car>
whether he will allow the Center ts of it? His An- . l6*8'
fwer was, That he did acknowledge the Hand April.
Writing to be his, and avowed the Matter therein
contained. — The journals leave us in the Dark as
to the Subject-Matter of this Paper : But we have
met with a Copy of it, printed in a Pamphlet of the
Times, as follows (a) :

To our Honoured Friend Colonel TICHBURN, Lieu-
tenant of the Tower.
SIR,

* \\7 E received a Paper from you, feeming to

* * * authorize you to carry our Perfons before
' the Lords to anfwer to a Charge. We are con-

* ftrained to inform you hereby, that our Perfons

* ought not to be hurried to and fro, or difturbed

* at the Pleafure of any Man ; neither can we

* yield Obedience to1 the Commands of any, which
' are not legal : And therefore, in cafe you intend
4 to difturb us on Tuefday next, we expect to fee a

* legal Warrant from fome Perfon or Court which

* have a Jurifdiction over us in cafe of a real or

* fuppofed Crime : And we muft acquaint you,

* That the Lords have no legal Power to fummon
^ us to anfwer to any Crime whereof we are accufed
' or fufpecledj and therefore you muft expect to
' anfwer for whatfoever Injury you offer to our

* Perfons. And know hereby, that we {hall not
' voluntarily go from hence to Wejlmlnjler by vir-

* tue of the Paper received, but {hall fuffer you to

* carry us, if you {hall fend a Force which we can-
' not refift.'

Your Friends and Servants^

from cur Chanbtr, in THOMAS ADAMS,

SSESr*"* JOHN LANGHAM,

JAMES BUNCE.

H 4 Hereupon

£») London, printed for J. Norris, April i^, 1648. The Sccor.d
Edition correfted. In the Title Page it is defued to be read in all
the Parifli Churches of England and Wales, publickly and openly,
that fo the People thereby may be inftruftcd in their Laws and
Liberties. * '

120 The Parliamentary HISTORY

14 Car. I. Hereupon the Lord? ordered, l That AldermaK
Adams {hail ftand comn itced to the Tower of Lon-
don up n the Charge of High Treafon, and other
high Crimes and Mifdemeanors brought up from the
Houfe of Commons againft him, there to remain.
during the further Pleafure o! fiis Houfe.'

Alderman Lang- Next John Langham and James Bunce, Aldermen,

ham, andAdcr- were called in fcparaiely, and both fet to the Bar,

nun Buace. an(j commancje(} to knee} ; which they alfo refufmg,

were each fined 500 /. for their Contempt, and

were remanded back to the Tower. The Fines were

ordered to be eftreated forthwith, and Copies of the

Writs for thatPuqore are entered in the Journals.'

Information of ^n ^e ^ °^ th's Month Information had been
the Scots -mend- made upon Oath, before the Lord Mayer of Low-
ing to march up fjon^ by one John-Everard, *' That he being in Bed,
to Londtn ; at ^ Garter Inn at Wmdfor, three D.tys before,
over-heard fome Gentlemen in the next Chamber
(who he believed were Officers of General Fair-
fax's Army) difcourfing together to this Effect;
That they doubted not but the Scots U'o;Jd come /'«, and
that the City ^/"London would join with the Scots ;
for preventing of u;hi:h they found no M ay but to dif-
arm the City^ Friend and Foe ; qnd aftenvards they
•would intimate, thai fuch as were Friends to the Army
Jhcul'l come forth into the Fields and there be armed^
and aljy maintained at the Charge of the Citizens^ fo
long as was thought ft to continue 'them, and fo keep the
reft in awe : That the City Jhwid "tvc.n.e a Million of
Money, or elfe be plundered: And that they had a£-
qu3in(t>d CommiJ/ary-Generallrctvn therewith. Here-
upon,

^ Thf ^ Mayor, Aldermen^ and

rom Common Council of London prefenied a Petition

the Chy of L-.n- tn V-0i'ri Houfes, (to which was annexed a Copy

HOUJ° b0lh ^ Everard's Information) fetting forth that they

had received divers Reports to the fame EtFecl, by

Letters from different Parts of the Kingdom, and

from

of E N <3 L A N D. 121

from abroad ; and therefore defiring that a proper An. 24 Car.
Examination might be made into this Bufmefs, l6<lS-
and fuch Gourfe taken therein as the Houfes fhould * — T^
think fit : Alfo that the Chains of the City, which
had been lately taken down, might be fet up again :
The Army be removed to a farther Diftance :
And that an Ordinance might pafs to appoint Ma-
jor-Gentral Sfcippon to be Major-General over
the Forces of the City, and within the Lines of
Communication and Bills of Mortality, for De-
fence of them and the ParlLmenr; to whom the
City refolveJ to adhere according to the Solemn
League and Covenant.

The Lords gave the Petitioners Thanks for therr
good Affections and Refolutions to adhere to the
Parliament according to the Covenant : That as to
the ' fet ting up apiin the Chains of the City, they
leave it to the Lord-Mayor and Common-Council
to do as they think fit: And that as to Major-Gene-
ral Skippon, he being a Member of the Houfe of
Commons, they can do nothing without the Aifent
of that Houfe, but will take the Matter into farther
Confideration.

The fame Petition, with a Copy of Everard's
Information, was prefented to the Houfe of Com-
mons, who approved the Defires of the Lord Mayor
and Common Council concerning Major-General
Skippon; ordered the Militia to fee the Chains fet
up again ; and gave their Thanks to the Petitioners.
The Speaker was alfo ordered to acquaint them,
Tnat the Oceafnn of Part of the Army's being
driwn fo near, was the late Tumults ; that the.
Houfe would take this Bufmefs into Confideration,
and proceed thereupon in fuch Manner as might be
moft for the Good and Safety of the Parliament
and City, fo far as thereby they might receive Satif-
fa&ion.

April 28. Under the great Confirmation the
Parliament was then in, it is natural to fuppofe that
-they might once more have caft their Eyes on the
King; and endeavour to oblige the Scotn, by Soften-
ing

122 tte Parliamentary HISTORY

in thofe rigorous Votes they had patted againft any
Reconciliation with him. Accordingly we find,
in the 'Journals of the Commons, that a Queftion
was propofed in that Houfe this Day, That they
Votes of the w^l not a^ter the fundamental Government of the
Commons reUt- Kingdom, by King, Lords, and Commons. And
ing to the Set- another Queftion being alfo put, Whether this

NaTio" Word wl11 fo°uld be in il ? ifc was carried in the

Affirmative, 165 againft 99 ; fo that it was refol-
ved upon the Queftion, c That they will not alter
the Fundamental Government of the Kingdom by
King, Lords, and Commons.'

After which it was refolved, ' That the Matter
of the Propofitions fent to the King at Hampton-
' Court, by Confent jof both Kingdoms, fhall be the
Ground of the Debate for the Settlement of the
Peace of the Kingdom.' Thefe Words, That the
Matter of, were prefixed to the Refolution, after
Debate, by a Majority of 108 againft 105.

Next it was propofed, * That Leave be given to
any Members of this Houfe, in Debate of the Set-
tlement of the Kingdom, to propound any thing
for the fame as they fhall think fit, notwithftanding
the Votes of the third of January laft ;' which
was carried alfo in the Affirmative, by 146 againft

IOJ.

May i. A Letter from Colonel Jones, in Ireland,
was read :

To the Right Hon. the Earl of MANCHESTER,
Speaker of the Houfe of LORDS.

Dublin, April 19, 1648.
Right Honourable,

Col. Jones'* Let-
ter concerning
the State of ire-
lane.

the great
and the

T Shall reprefent to the Officers here
* Senfe you have of their Condition,
plentiful Supplies made by you for this Service,
which cannot but be unto all of them of very
great Encouragement, for the going through the
Work in all Chearfulnefs ; and for the more full
enabling us thereto, I make bold thus again ear-
neftly to prefs Supplies of Horfe and Foot, with-

' out

of E N G L A N D. 123

* out which, notwithftanding all other ProvifionAn. 24 Car. I.
4 made, nothing coniiderable can be expected to be

* done by us ; your Army here being fo far weak- M

* ened that, at prefent, we ftand but in a defenfive
' Pofture only.

* The Expences therein formerly dilburfed, to
' go no further than recruiting, is 200 /. to each
4 Troop ; which, among the 35 Troops here, a-
' mourueth to 7000 /. and the thirteen Regiments

* of Foot, at 5c o Men to each Regiment, and 20J.
' to each Man, is 6500 /. fo as for recruiting both

* Horfe and Foot, the Charge would be 13,5007.
' befides their Quarters until they be fhipped. It

* will be a Sum very well fpent, thereby gaining
' this Province, a confiderable Part of the KingT
4 dom ; and whatfoever (hall be fo difburfed, being
' to be trebly recompenced in what fhall be fpared
' in your Magazines, by our after living upon the

* Enemy's Qusrters. I prefs this the more earneft-
' ly, that, being fo fupplied, all other Preparations

* be not loft in our lying ftill ; that thereby alfo I
' may be in a Condition for overpowering and fup-
' preffing Malignants j whom, having Power in my

* Hands, I fhall fecure from hurting ; and, by fuchi
e Supplies timely made over to us, I am very confi^

* dent, with God's Blefling, this Province may be

* fpeedily reduced; which, with the reft of the

* Kingdom, hath already held out againft you in al-

* moft a feven Years War, with fuch vaft Expence
•' of Blood and Treafure.

* The Iniquity of the Times and Malignity of
1 fome is fo great, that I (hall dcfire, as formerly

* I have often defired, that, for better Satisfaction

* in this zealous Age, fome one of Place, Power.

* and Abilities may be thence defigned for the Ma-

* nagement of your Affairs here, under whom I

* fhall ferve with all Chearfulnefs ; refolving, to the
« laft of my Power, Life, and Fortune, to be to the

* Public, and therein to your Lordfhip,

A moji con/i ant faithful Servant,

MICHAEL JONES.

May 2.

tfbe Parliamentary HISTORY

2' ^ ^etter fr°m the Parliament of
elated at Edinburgh, Jpril26, 1648, was read*
directed

70 the Right Honourable the SPEAKER of the Houfe
of PEERS pro Ternpore, to be communicated to the
LORDS and COMMONS afjembled in the Parliament
^England at Weftminfter,

Right Honourable,

Another from < np H E Parliament of Scotland, now aflernbleds
' being refolved. by all fair and juft Means,

' to endeavour the preferving and maintaining the
' brotherly Union and good Correfpondency be-

* twrxt the Kingdoms, to which by fo many Bonds
< and Ties, they are mutually obliged ; yet being

* very fenfible that the many juft and neceflary

* Deflres, given in by their Commiflioners, by Or-,

* der from this Kingdom, for the Good of Reli-
' gion, of his Majefty, and for the Intereft of Scot-

* landy have not received a fatisfaftory A,nfwer ;
c and confidering the many great and imminent
' Qangers threatening Religion, his Majefty's Per-
' fon and Authority, yea Monarchical Government

* itfelf, and the Peace and Union of thefe two
' Kingdoms of Sc.tlandznd England, by the Power
' and Prevalance of Sectaries and their Ad-
' herents, have thought fit to make thefe juft
' and neceflary Demands to the HonourablesHoufes
' of the Parliament of England^ to which the Par-

* liament deftres a clear 2nd fatisfa&ory Anfwer ^
' not having the leaft Thought or Intention to in-
4 croach upon the National "Rights of the King-
Vdom of England, nor to entrench upon the Pri-

* yileges of Parliament ; but their Zeal to the

* Glory of God, their Loyalty to their King, and

* their Defire of Unity betwixt the Kingdoms,

* have moved them to make thcfe inclofed Dc-

* mands, whereby Religion may be fettled accord-

* ing to the Covenant, his Majefty may enjoy his

* Freedom and juft Rights ; and fo, by fettling a

* religious and fafe Peace, the preieiit Confufion&

1 and

of ENGLAND.

and Diftempers may be removed, and all Occa-
fions of Miftakes and Differences betwixt the
two Kingdorrs prevented.
* This is all I have in Command from the Par-
liament, in whofe Name this is fubfcribed by,
Tour LordJM.p's affectionate Friend,

and bumble Servant,
LOUD ON, Cam:
Prefident of the Parliament:

of the Parliament of
Honourable Houfes of the Parliament of England,
"referred to in the foregoing.

Edinburgh, April 2^, 1648.

I. < t T is defired, that an effectual Courfe be And the!r ^
* * taken by the Houfes, for enjoining the Co- fires touching

* venant to be taken by all the Subjects of the Jj|« j^"1^'
Crown of England, conform to the firft Article "
of the Treaty, and conform to the Declaration
of both Kingdoms^ in Anno 1643 ; by which all
who would not take the Covenant, were declared
to be public Enemies to Religion and the Coun-
try, and that they are to be cenfured and punifh-
ed as profefled Adverfaries and Malignants ; and
that Reformation and Uniformity in Religion
be fettled according to the Covenant : That
as the Houfes of Parliament have agreed to the
Directory of Worfhip, fo they would take a
real Courfe for pra£lifing thereof by all the Sub-
jects of England and Ireland: That the Confef-
fion of Faith, tranfmitted by the AiFembly of Di-
vines to the Houfes, be approved j and that Pref-
byterian Church-Government, with a Subordina-
tion of the lower AfTembiies to the higher, be fet-
tled and fully eftabliflied in England and Ireland;
and that effe&ual Courfe be taken for iupprefling
and extirpating all Herefies and Schifms, particu-
larly Socixianijm, Arminianifm, Arianifm, Ana-
baptifm^ Antinomiinifm^ Erajilanifrn, Familifmy
Brown fa, an J Independency ; and for perfect-
ing of w.iat is yet further^to be done, for extirpat-

' ing

1 26 The Parliamentary H r s T o R Y

ing Popery and Prelacy, and fuppreffing the Prac-
tice of the Service-Book, commonly called The
Book of Englim. Common Prayer.

II. ' That, conform to the former Defires of
this Kingdom, the King's Majefty may come
with Honou , Freedom, and Safety to fome of his
Houfes in or near London, that the Parliaments of
both Kingdoms may make their Applications to
him, for obtaining his Royal Affent to fuch De-
fires as (hall be by them prefented to him for
eftablilhing of Religion as is above exprefled,
and fettling a well-grounded Peace.

III. * That all the Members of both Houfes,
who have been faithful in this Caufe, may freely
and fafely return and attend their Charges ; the
City of London may enjoy its Liberties and Privi-
leges which k had before the late Encroachment
of the Army ; the Parliament may fit and vote
with Freedom and Safety ; roth Kingdoms with-
out Interruption or Difturbance, may make their
Applications to his Majefty; and the fettling of
Religion and Peace may not longer be hindered
and obftrucled ; it is defired, that the prefent
Army of Sectaries, under the Command ofTbomat
Lord Fairfax of Cameron, be difbanded ; and none
employed but fuch as have or fhall take the Co-
venant, and are well-affe&ed to Religion and Go-
vernment ; excepting from the faid Difbanding
the Garrifons neceflary to be kept up by the Par*
liament of Eng/andfor the Security of that King-
dom, which are defired to be commanded by fuch
as have or mail take the Covenant, and are well-
afte&ed to Religion and Government as aforefaid,

LOUDON, Cane:

Prejident of Parliament.

The Speaker further declared, that the MefTen-
ger that brought this Letter told him, he had Di-
rections from the Parliament of Scotland to ftay
in England but fifteen Days after the Delivery of
2 this

of ENGLAND. 127

this Letter : whereupon the Lords ordered it to be An> *4 Car. j.
immediately communicated to the Commons. t _' * ' .

May.

The Scots had frequently exprefled a Jealoufy of
the Parliament's falling off from their Solemn
League and Covenant. To remove, therefore;, all
fuch Imputations, they pafled, this Day, the fol-
lowing Inquifitorial Ordinance (a) : It is not print-
ed in Mr. Ru/hworth's Collections ; and Mr. Whit-
locks only fays of it, * The Ordinance againft
Blafphemy and Herefy, in fome Cafes the Punifh-
ment being Death, in other Cafes Abjuration, fffr.
pafled both Houfes j but not without much Oppo-
fition (£).'

"C* O R the preventing of the Growth and An Ordinance

Spreading of Herefy and Blafphemy, be it for fupprefling of
ordained by the Lords and Commons in this pre- Herefy and Blaf-
fent Parliament aflembled, That all fuch Perfons pheBDy>
as fhall, from and after the Date of this prefent
Ordinance, willingly, by Preaching, Teaching,
Printing, or Writing, maintain and publifli that
there is no God j or that God is not prefent in all
Places ; doth not know and foreknow all Things ;
or that he is not Almighty } that he is not per-
fectly holy ; or that he is not eternal ; or that the
Father is not God, the Son is not God, or that
the Holy Ghoft is not God, or that they three are
not one eternal God : Or that fhall, in like
Manner, maintain and publifli, that Chrijt is not
God equal with the Father j or {hall deny the
Manhood of Cbri/t; or that the Godhead and
Manhood of Chr'ift are feveral Natures ; or that
the Humanity of Chrift is pure and unfpotted of
all Sin : Or that (hall maintain and publifli, as
aforefaid, that Chri/i did not die, nor rife from the
Dead, nor is afcended into Heaven bodily ; or
that ihall deny his Death is meritorious in the Be-
half of Believers ; or that (hall maintain and pub-
lifli as aforefaid, That Jefut Chriji is not the Son

« of

(a] From Sctbtll's Col'eftioa of Aftsand Ordinance*.
(*) Memsr:a!st p. 302.

1 2 8 'ffie Parliamentary HISTORY

-^Car.i. « of God; or that the Holy Scriptures of the OH

v. ' ; * and New Teftament, are not the Word of God ;

May. ' °r that the Bodies of Men (hall not rife again

* after they are dead ; or that there is no Day of
' Judgment after Death: All fuch maintaining

* and publifhing of fuch Errors, with Obftinacy
' therein* (hall, by virtue hereof, be adjudged

< Felony ; arid all fuch Perfons, upon Complaint
' and Probf made of the fame, in any of the Cafes
' aforefaid, before any two of the next Juftices of
' the Peace for that Place or County, by the Oaths

< of two Witnefies,- (which faid Juftices of the
e Peace, in fuch Cafes, fhall hereby ruve Power to
' adminifter) or Confeflion of the Party, the faid

* Party fo accufed fhall be, by the faid Juftices of
' the Peace, committed to Prifon, without Bail or

* Mainprize, until the next Goal-Delivery to b6
' holden for that Place or County ; and the Wit*
c hefTes likewife {hall be bound over by the faid
' Juftices unto the faid Goal-Delivery, to give in

* their Evidence : And at the faid Goal-Delivery
4 the Party fhall be indicted for publifhing and

* maintaining fuch Error : And in Cafe the Indicl-
' ment be found, and the Party, upon his Trial,

* {hall not abjure his faid Error, he (hall fuffer the

* Pains of Death, as in Cafe of Felony^ without

* Benefit of Clergy. But in Cafe he {hall abjure

* his faid Error, he {hall neverthelefs remain in
e Prifon until he {hall find two Sureties that {hall

* be bound with him, before two or more Juftices

* of the Peace or Gaol-Delivery, that he {hall not
' from thenceforth publifli or maintain the faid

* Errors any more : And the faid Juftices {hall

* hereby have Power to take Bail in fuch Cafes.

' That in cafe any Perfon^ formerly indicted for

* publiftiing and maintaining fuch erroneous Opi-
' nions as aforefaid, and abjuring the fame, {hall
' neverthelefs agdn publifti and maintain his former
' Errors, and the fame be proved as aforefaid, he
1 {hall be committed to Prifon as formerly, and at

* the next Goal-Delivery {hall be indicted as afore-
1 faid. And in cafe the Indi&inent be then found

6 upon

of E N G L A N D. 129

* opon the Trial; and it fliall appear that the Party An. 94- car. I.
' was formerly convicted of the fame Error, and ab- ^ * *8 j

* jured the fame, the OfFender.mall fuffer Death as j^^

* in Cafe of Felony, without Benefit of Clergy.

' That every Perfon that fhall publifh and main-

* tain any of the following Errors, viz. That all
' Men fliall be faved ; or that Man, by Nature,

* hath Free-will to turn to God ; or that God

* may be worfhiped in or by Pictures or Images ;
' or that the Soul of any Man, after Death, goeth
' neither to Heaven or Hellj but to Purgatory; or

* that the Soul of Man dieth or fleepeth when the
' Body is dead ; or that Revelations or the Work-

* ings of the Spirit arc a Rule of Faith or Ch'ri-
s ftian Life, though contrary to the written Word

* of God 5 or that Man is bound to believe no

* more than by his Reafon he can comprehend ;

* or that the Moral Law of Godt contained in the

* Ten Commandments^ is no Rule of Chriftian
' Life ; or that a Believer need not repent or pray

* for Pardon of Sins } or that the two Sacraments

* of Baptifm and the Lord's Supper are npt Ordi-
' nances commanded by the Word of God j or
' that the Baptizing of Infants is unlawful, or fuch
' Baptifm is void, and that fuch Perfons ought to
' be baptized again, and in purfuance thereof (hall
' baptize any Perfon formerly baptized j or that
' the Obfervation of the Lord's Day, as it is en-

* joined by the Ordinances and Laws of this Realm,
c is not according or is contrary to the Word of
' God ; or that it is not lawful to join in public

* Prayer or Family Prayer, or to teach. Children

* to pray j or that the Churches of England are no

* true Churches, nor their Minifters and Ordi-
' nances true Minifters and Ordinances ; or that
' the Church-Government by Prefbytery is Anti-

* chriftian or unlawful ; or that Magiftracy, or the

* Power of the Civil Magiftrate, by Law eftablifh-

* ed in England, is unlawful ; or that all Ufe of

* Arms, though for the Public Defence, and be
' the Caufe never fojuft, is unlawful j and in cafe

* the Party accufed of fuch Publishing and Main-
VOL. XVII. I « taining

1%e Parliamentary Hrst6RV

taining of any of the faid Errors, (hall be thereof
convicted by the Teftimony of two or more Wit^
nefles upon Oath, orConfeffion of the faid Party
before two of the next Juftices of the Peace for
the faid Place or County, whereof one to be of
the Quorum^ (who are hereby required and au-
thorized to fend for Witnefles, and examine upon
Oath in fuch Cafes in the Prefence of the Party)
the Party fo convicted (hall be ordered by the faid
Juftices to renounce his faid Errors in the public
Congregation of the fame Parilh from whence
the Complaint doth come, or where the Offence
was committed ; and in cafe he refufeth or neg-
lc£teth to perform the fame, at the Time and
Place appointed by the faid Juftices, then he (hall
be committed to Prifon by the faid Juftices, until
he (hall find two fufficieht Sureties before two
Juftices of Peace for the faid Place or County,
(whereof one fhall be of the Quorum] that he (hall
not publifh or maintain the faid Errors any more.
* Provided, That no Attainder, by virtue hereof,
fhall extend either to the Forfeiture of the Eftate
Real or Perfonal offuchPerfon attainted, or Cor-
ruption of fuch Perfon's Blood.'

May 6. Petitions having come up from feveral
Counties to the Parliament, to fettle the Govern-
menti and reftore the public Peace : Hereupon,
the Houfe of Commons thought proper to fend up
fome Votes to the Lords for their Concurrence,
which were agreed to, and are as follow :
Votes of both *• ' That they do declare, that they will not al-
Houfes in favour « ter the Fundamental Government of the Kingdom
***£»£** l by King, Lords* and Commons.
ZL ' 2. .< That they do declare themfelves fully re-

folved to maintain and preferVe inviolably the So-
lemn League and Covenant, and the Treaties be-
tween the Kingdoms of England and Scotland -t
and that they fhall be ready to join with the King-
dom of Scotland in the Proportions agreed on by
both Kingdoms, prefented to the King at Hampton-

of E N 6 L A N D. 131

Court, for the making fuch further Proceedings An> *4 Car« I»
thereupon, as (hall bethought fit for the Settlement L
of the Peace of both Kingdoms, and the Preferva-
tion of the Union according to the Covenant and
Treaties.

3. « That this laft Vote be fent to the Commif-
fioriers in Scotland, to be by them communicated to

the Parliament in that Kingdom.' Thefe Votes

were carried in the Houfc of Commons without any
Divifion.

Next another Vote was read about a Defire o£
fending to the Parliament in Scotland, for them to
fend Commiflioners into England; which being put
to the Queftion was carried in the Negative by the
Lords. But, notwithftanding thefe feeming paci-
fic Proceedings, the Houfe of Commons took Care
to make Peace Sword in Hand, by paffing a Vote
this Day, on a Divifion of 127 againft 76, That
the feven Norhern Counties be forthwith put into a
Pofture of Defence.

About this Time came Advice that the Duke of
Torky who had lately made his Efcape from the
Earl of Northumberland^ was arrived at the Hague,
where he was kindly received by his Sifter, the
Princefs Royal of Orange. The Manner of his
Highnefs's Efcape, and the Circumftances that
occafioned it, are particularly related by Lord
Clarendon (d).

May 9. This Day the following Inftru&ion for
the Parliament's Commiflioners at Edinburgh,
brought up from the Houfe of Commons, were
agreed to by the Lords*

' \7 O U or any two of you, are to fignify to the A further in-
« * Parliament of Scotland, or, they not fit- *™K™ » th*

,. 10 • T*A ' rt. Cumtniflioneuia

* ting, to the Committee of the Lftat.es of the Scotland.
' Kingdom, That the Town of Berwick and the
' City of Carlijle are furprized by fome Ddin-
I 2 * quents,

(a) Vol. V. £w;. Edition,?. 130.

City of London, <
relating to thck «
Militia.

The Parliamentary HISTORY

quents, Enemies to both Kingdoms, that were
lately in that Kingdom ; and we are informed it
is done by fome of thofe that were demanded of
the Parliament of Scotland.*

Ordered alfo, * That the General be defired
forthwith to go down into the North, with fuch
Forces as he (hall think fit, to reduce the Places
in thofe Parts, feized on and poflefled by Delin-
quents and Enemies to the Kingdoms j and for
preventing any Danger that may accrue to thofe
Parts, or to the Difturbance and Danger of the
Peace of the Kingdoms.'

The fame Day a Petition from the Lord Mayor,
Aldefmen and Common-Council, of London^ was
prefented to the Houfe of Commons, fetting forth,
Petition from the ' That they are willing to undertake the guard-
ing of the Houfes, the Militia being fettled, and
they authorized fo to do :

' That their Nomination of the Lieutenant of
the Tower being fufpended, Importation of Bul-
lion hindered, and Merchandizing diverted, Trade
is much decayed :

* They therefore pray that the Committee of
the Militia may be nominated by the Common-
Council, to be approved by both Houfes of Par-
liament ; and the like for the Lieutenant of the
Tower j that the Soldiers now there, may be re-
moved ; and that the Merchants may be invited
to bring in Bullion.'

The Commons having pafled feveral Votes ac-
cording to thefe Defires of the Petitioners, the
Speaker acquainted them therewith ; and told
them, ' The Houfe doubted not but their Confi-
dence in the City, and Affection to them, would be
anfwered with equal Love, Truft, and Obedience
to the Parliament.'

May 10. The two following Papers from the
Parliament's Commiffioners in Scotland, were read
in the Houfe of Lords :

A PAPER

of E N G L A N D. 133

An. 24 Car. I,

A PAPER delivered in to the Parliament of Scot- 1648.
land, April 29, concerning their former Demands, * y/ '
and the further Demand, of Sir Marmaduke Lang- . *J*
dale and Sir Lewis Dives.

Edinburgh, April 29, 1648.

\\7 E have by feveral Papers ( upon Grounds Papers from the
VV of the Treaties betwixt the Kingdoms of Commiffioner* 19
England and Scotland] .demanded Capt. Wogan cotjand*
and his Troop, Sir Philip Mufgrave, Sir Thomas
Glemham, and Col. George IVray, to be delivered,
to us, that they might be difpofed of as fhould
be directed by the Parliament of England', and
although unto that Paper concerning Col. George
Wray, a Papift in Arms, we have not heard any
Thing, yet we have received your Lordfliips
Anfweras to the other two ; wherein finding no
Satisfaction, we did, by our Paper of the jgth
Inftant, tnfift upon our former Demands ; yet
the faid Perfons not being hitherto delivered to
us, but rather, on the contrary, {lift enjoying
Freedom and Shelter in this Kingdom ; and, as
we are credibly informed, fome of them have
lately had frequent Meetings, in this City, with
Sir Marmaduke Langdale, Sir Lewis Dives, and
other great Englijh Delinquents, which might be
much to the Prejudice of the Peace and Good of
both Kingdoms ; and the faid Sir Marmaduke
Langdak and Sir Lewis Dives being Perfons excep-'
ted in the Propofjtions agreed upon by both King-
doms, and jointly fent to the King for the fettling
of a fafe and well-grounded Peace ; we do there-
fore demand, That the faid Capt. IVogan and his
Troop, Sir Philip Mufgrave, Sir Thomas Glem-
ham, and Col. George ff^ray, the faid Sir Mar-
maduke Langdale, and Sir Lewis Dives, may, by
your Lordihip's Power and Authority, be appre-
hended and delivered to us ; which if your Lord-
fliips fhall not think fit to do, but that they /hall
have Freedom and Shelter in this Kingdom, the.
Kingdom of England and ourfelves are free from
I 3 * ^

Tcrliamentary JI I s T o R y

* a^- the ^v^s ancl *^ Confequences that, upon their

* Contrivances and Practices, may arife or happen

* to eicher or loth Kiigc'o.ns.

£y Command of the CcmmiJJioners of the Par-
liament 0/~England,

JOHN SQUIBB.

Another PAPER delivered to the Parliament of Scot-
land, May 5^ concerning the fiizing of Berwick.

Edinburgh, May 2, 1648.

ALthough we had Information, long fmce,
that fome Delinquents had a Dcfign to feiz,e
the Town of Berwick upon Tvjeei^ whereof we
gave your Lordfhips Notice by our Letter of the
I4th of March laft (at which Time we had the
like Information concerning the. City of Carlijle-^)
yet the Kingdom of England and ourfelves were
careful in all Things to prderve the Treaties be-
twixt both Kingdoms, and to avoid every thing
that might have the leaft Colour of a Breach, or
adminifler O.cafions of Jealot fi s betwixt them ;
yer obferving the great flocking together of £^-
lijh Delinquents in this City, we could not but ap-
prehend that they had fome dcfperate Dcfign a-
gainft the Parliament and Kingdom of England. •
' And now, after we have long expected youir
Lordfhips Refolutions upon our feveral Demands
of f_>me principal Men amonsft thofeDelinquents,1
we are informed that fome of them, with divers,
other Endjjh DclinqueYits that went from this
City of Edinburgh and forded the River eTvj:edt
upon Friday Jaft the 28th pf Apnlt did the fame
Di:y return back over the Bridge, and in an ho-
ftile Way f-ized upon the faid Town of Berwick,
and keep it by Fore , ~oncrary to feveral Trea-
ties betwixt both kingdoms; which being fo,
we do, by virtue of the Large Treaty, declare to
your Lordfhips, That all th fe who have feized
and taken the laid Town of Berwick^ or do now
hold and keep the fame in a hoflile Way as a

« Garrifon,

of ENGLAND. 135

Garrifon, are Enemies and Traitors to the Par- An. 14. car. I.
liament and Kingdom of England^ and in Arris ^_ " ,
aglinft them; and likewife all Englijbmen who }^,y<
Qiailanywife be aiding, aflifting, or abeiting to
them, or (hall furnifh them with any Monies,
Horfes, Arms, Ammunition, Corn, or other Vic-
tuals or Provifiqns whatfoever, and to be punifhed
accordingly • AnJ we do, in the Name of both
Houfes of the Parliament of England^ demand,
that your Lordfhips, in order to the reprefling of
them, do declare them Enemies to, this Kingdom \
and likewife all thole of the Scots Nation, who
fhall aid them with Money, Horfes, Arms, Am-
munition, Corn, or any other Victuals or Provi-
fions whatfoever. And to the End that they may
not be ftored with Provifions out of this King-
dom, we defire that Publication of fuch Declara-
tions as your Lordfhips fhall make in this Cafe
may he made forthwith, not only in Edinburgh
but in all Parts of this Kingdom near the faid
Town of Berwick upon Tweed: And becaule WQ
hear that Carlifle is feized in like Manner, we de-
fire your Lordfhips Orders and Declarations may
extend to tpth.

' All which, confidering the many Ways where-
by thefe Kingdoms are engaged to one another,
and your Lordfhips late Declarations of your Re-
folutions to preferve the happy Union betwixt
them, we cannot doubt but that your Lordfhips
will do effectually and with Speed.
By Command of the CommiJJioners of the ParHa~
nient £/* England,

JOHN SQUIBB.

May ii. Both Houfes having thought ntthata
Letter fhould be fent to the Parliament of Scot/and,
to acquaint them, That the fending the General ;"

with the Army into the North, was but to fettle and
fecure thofe Parts, and regain Berwick and Carlisle ;
a Committee was ordered accordingly.

The fame Day a Letter from Col. Horton was
read, giving Intelligence of the routing of Lang"
barn's Forces in Wales.

I 4 Far

Parliamentary HISTORY

For the. Right Honourable the Earl of MANCHES-
T£R, Speaker of the Houfe of PEERS pro Tem-
pore.

In the fields near St Pagan s,
My Lor a*. May 8, 1648.

Lm'e/rTtr** ' C^ ® ^ ^atk *k*s ^ay rewarc^ed ouc wearifome
the Sncce/i of ' ^^ Marches with a full, and glorious Victory
the Parliament's * over the Enemy, who had ufed much Subtihy
Forces in Wales. < an(j J)jijgence to engage the Kingdom in a new

* War. They had increafed to a great Number,

* by reafon of divers difbanded Men from England,

* and a'general Conjunction of the'moft able-bodied
4 Inhabitants of the Counties oi PsmbrpAe and Car-

* dtgan^ ?nd many of Glamorgan.

* This Day, about Nine of the Clock, it pleafed
' God that we engaged with them at a Place called
' Sf. Pagan's, three Miles diftant from Caerdlffe^

* and for near two Hours had a very hot Difpute ;
' but at length, by God's Mercy, they were put to

* a total Rout, many flain upon the Place, and

* about 3000 Prifoners, great Store of Arms and
' Ammunition, and many Colours taken.

c The Enemy accounted themfelves about 8000
' Horfe and Foot, which makes the Mercy the
• ' more remarkable.

4 My Lord, the Almighty was pleafed greatly to
' ftren^then both our Office* s and Soldiers with

* much Refolution and Cheart'ulnefs in the Dif-

* charge of their Duties ; but, with one Heart,

* they dcnVe the Honour of this Work may be
' wholly given to God.

* This Account I held myfelf bound to prefent
' your Lorufhip with, 'to be comrrunKattd to the

* Right Honourable the Houie of Peers, being,

My Lordt
Your moji kumlle and faithful Servant,

THO. KORTON.
The

$/ ENGLAND. 137

The next Day, May 1 2, another Letter from Col. An. ^ Car. I.
fforton, much to the fame Purport as the former, L ' 4^' ,
was read ; and it was ordered that Monday next, the May>
l8th Inftant, be appointed a Day of Thankfgiving
for fo great and fea/onable a V i&ory.

The Inftru<5tions to the Parliament's Commif-
fioners in Scotland being thought proper to be yet
further enlarged, the following were now fent up to
from the Commons, and agreed to by the Lords.

T^ H £ Lords and Commons in Parliament af- Additional Inr
A fembled, did approve of the Paper of the 2d £ruail'"s to tbe

c it* • L n >• r p > i v. ~ Comm:ffioners at

or May, put into the Parliament of Stetuma by
you their Commiflioners, upon the Occafion of
the Surprize of Berwick and Carlijle by fome
Englijbj who have been in Arms againft both
Kingdoms and the Caufe they were joined in j
and do direc"t you to repeat and enlarge your De-
mands, in Reference to that Bufmeis, with aU
Earneftnefs, until you {hall have a fatisfactory
Anfwer therein.

* You are likewife, in the Name of both Houfes,
to give Notice to the Parliament of Scotland, or
any Committee or Commiffioner? authorized by
them, that the Lord Fairfax haih Command
from the Houfes tq march with Forces into the
Northern Counties of this Kingdom, forfuppref-
fing of thofe who are now in Arms ae;ainit this
Kingdom, and for the removing of them, accord-
ing to the Treaties, who have poflefied themfelves
of Berwick and Carlljle contrary thereunto.

' You are further to afl'ure the Parliament of
Scotland, or the Committee or Commiflioners law-
fully authorized, and you likewife have Authority
to engage the Faith of the Kin ;dom of England^
that the employing, levying, and lending of them,
or any other Forces, to the more remote North-
ern Parts of this Kingdom, is not with the lead
Intention of any Offence or Prejudice to the
Kingdom of Scotland, or in the leaft Manner to
difturB the Peace and Quiet of that Kingdom ;

138 *fbe Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I.

1648.

but f>r the Suppreflion of the faid Traitors and
Rebels, nov.- in Arms againft the Houfes, and the
keeping of the Northern Counties in Obedience
to the Parliamsnt of England, and protecting fuch
as have been faithful to the Caufe which both
Kingdoms are, and have been, engaged in.'

Great Care had been taken in the drawing up i
Letter to the Parliament of Scotland, in Aniwer to
their Defires of the 26th of April ; and this Day,
May 15, the following flurt one was agreed to be
fent by both Houfes.

For the Right Honourable the Earl .J/'LoUDON, Lord
Chancellor ^"Scotland and Prefident of the Parlia-
ment of Scotland, to be communicated to them.

My Lord,

\ \\7 E are commanded, by both Houfes of the
c Parliament 'of England, to acquaint your

' Lordfhip, that they received a Letter of the 26th
' of April laft, funed by ycur Lordfhip in the Name
' of the Parliament of Scotland, together with a
' Paper of Defires inclofed ; and that fuch Refolu-
' tions as {hall be taken thereupon, (hall be figni-
* fied to the Parliament of Scotland, by the Com-
' miffioners of this Kingdom there refident. Thus
' much we defire your Lordfhip to communicate
' to the Parliament of Scotland ; being all we
' have in Command, we remain,

Your Lordjbrp's bumble Servant^

MANCHESTER,

Speaker of the Houfe sf
Peers.

WILL, LENTHALL,

Speaker of the Houfe of
Commons,

This Letter was put to the Queftion and agreed
to by the Lords : After which the fallowing In-

ftruclion

^ENGLAND. 139

ftru&ion to the Parliament's Commiffioners at An. 24 Car. r.
Edinburgh^ fent up from the Houfe of Commons ^^ l6**' ^
on the i ith of this Month, was read : """Say.

"\J~ O U or any two of you, are to fignify to the
Parliament of Scotland, That the two Houfes
of the Parliament of England have received their
Letter, with their Paper of Defires, inclofed j the
laid Letter being addrefled To the Right Honour-
able the Speaker of the Houfe of Peers pro Tern-
pore, to be communicated to the Lords and Commons
ajfimbled in the Parliament of England at Weft-
minfter : That the Houfes take Notice of, and
very much refent, this unufual Addrefs ; it being
not the Style which hath been and is uied to the
Houfes of this Parliament.'
The Queftion being puf, Whether to agree to

this Inftrudion to be fent to the Cornmiflioners in

Scotland? it was carried in the Negative.

We have already taken Notice that feveral Peti-
tions had been font up, from different Parts of the
Kingdom, praying for a fpeedy Settlement of the
Nation : The rnoit remarkable of thefe was prefent-
ed to both Houfes on the I'jth of this Month, from
the County of Surrey. The Heads of which are
thus given by Mr. Whithcke.

4 That the King may be reftored to his due Ho- A remarkable
' nour and juft Rights, according to the Oaths ofpetiticnoflhe

* Supremacy and Allegiance ; anii that he may be to°b"th Huufcs*
' forthwith eftablifted in his Throne, accord ing to for a p^rfonii

« the Splendor of his Anceftors : Treaty with the

* That he may, for the prefent, come to Weft- ' °*
f minjler^ with Honour and Safety, to treat perfon-

* ally for compofmg of Differences :

' That the Free-born Subjects of England may
6 be governed by the known Laws and Statutes :

' That the War now beginning may be prevent-
< ed : And,

' That the Ordinance for the preventing Free-
6 quarter may be duly executed, and Speed made

The Parliamentary HISTORY

in difbanding all Armies, they having their due

Arrears paid them.

The Lords anfwered the Petitioners, < That

* they were at prefent upon Confideration of the

* Settlement of the Kingdom, and doubted not but

* to fatisfy all.'

nj The Memorial'ift proceeds thus : * This Petition
was prefented to the Commons in the Afternoon,
when fome of the Countrymen being gotten almoft
drunk, and animated by the Malignants, as they
came through WeJlminjler-Hall, they fell a quarrel-
Jing with the Guards, and afked them, Why they
Jlood there to guard a Company of Rogues? That then
Words on both Sides increasing, the Countrymen
fell upon the Guards, difarmed them, and killed one
of them, and wounded divers. Upon this Alarm
more Soldiers were fent for from Whitehall and
the Mews, who fell upon the Countrymen, killed
five or fix of them, and wounded v.ery many ;
chafing them up and down through the Hall, and
the Lanes and Paffages thereabouts.'

General Ludloiv gives much the fame Account of
this Tumult j adding, * That Lieutenant-Colonel
Cobbet, who commanded the Guard, been called
into the Houfe to give an Account of what had
palled, went to the Bar, bleeding from the Wounds
which he had received, and related the Paffages be-
fore-mentioned ; but fome Friends of the Petition-
ers within Doors informing the Houfe that the
Matter of Fa£ was other wife than had been repre-
fented by the Lieutenant-Colonel, the Parliament
appointed a Committee to. examine into the Truth,
of it/

This laft Circumftance of the Appointing a
Committee is confirmed by the Journals', which
Authority alfo further informs us, * That the Pe-
titioners gave out Words, That they 'Mould have a
fpeedy and fathfaftory Anfaer^ or elfe they would have
the Blood of that Houfe; and had withdrawn them-
felves into the Fields.' Hereupon the Commons
ordered their Thanks !o be returned to the
Officers upon Guard for the Prefervation of their

Houfe :

of ENGLAND.

Houfe: But a Motion being made for giving an A
Anfwer to the Petitioners, it patted in the Negative. v

May.

May 18. The laft Petition from the City of Za;;-
don had been long under Confideration by both
Houfes; and this Day a Paper from the Commit-
tee of Lords and Commons, for the Safety of the
Kingdom, fitting at Derby-Hoitfe^ was read in thefe
Words :

Ordered, * That it be reported to both Houfes, An Information
that this Committee hath fecret Intelligences, that °f fome infur-
there is a DefiVn of very dangerous Confequence'tftlo,ns1b!lng ,

. . • T • • n i D i- intended, in and

ready to be put in Execution againlt the Parliament, a';0ut London,
City, and Kingdom, by Forces being lifted for that a_g«nft the P*r-
Purpofe under an Oath of Secrcfy, a more particu- iiamem*
lar Account whereof this Committee will be able to
give the Houfes To-morrow : in the mean Time
to defire the Houfes to give prefent Order to the
feveral Militias of London and Parts adjacent, to be
in .a ready Pofture to prevent or refift the fame j
and that alfo prefent Order be forthwith given to
all the Keepers of the Prifons, that all Prifoners
committed for adding any thing againft the Parlia-
ment, may be kept fecurely within the faid feveral
Prifons.

Both Houfes approved of the Particulars of this
Report, and ordered, That the Lord Mayor of
London do call a Common-Council next Day at
Four in th« Afternoon j and that then a Committee
of Lords and Commons do go thither to let the Ci-
tizens know how ready the Houfes have been to
grant their Defires ; and to defire them that they
would take Care for the fupprefling or" Insurrections
and Tumults, and for Prefervation of the Parlia-
ment.

The fame Day the Lords patted an Ordinance,
fent up from the Commons, for making Major-
General Sklppon Major- General of all the Forces
within the late Lines of Communication and Bills
of Mortality, according to the City of London's
Petition ; another, giving Power to the late Mili-
tia of London to adt until the Militia now appoint <J

be

M,,.

Letter! from the
Commlfiioncrs
in Scotland.

Parliamentary H I s T o R v

be fettled ; and a third, for putting Malignants and
Papifts out of the Cities of London and IVejlminJler,
the late Lines of Communication, and twenty Miles
diftant.

May 19. More Letters from the Commiffioners
in Scotland were read.

For the Right Honourable the Earl of MAN-
CHESTER, Speaker of the Houfe of PEERS pro
Tempore.

My Lord, Edinburgh, May 14, 1648.

YX7 E ftaying a Week in Expectation of an
* Anfwer to our Paper concerning Berwick,
and not receiving any, did fend the inrlofed to
fecond our former Demands. Since we have re-
ceived both theAnfwe;S herewith fent ; and how-
ever one of the n did bear Date the 2d of May,
yet we had it not till the loth. The riext Day
we did receive the other Anfwer j but the Parlia-
ment adjourning that Night till the firft of June,
and a Committee of Eftates to be eftabliflied in
the mean Time, who have yet fitten but once,
we could not hitherto fend Replies to them,
which we intend to do with the firft Opportuni-
ty ; as alfo to deliver them the Vote of the 6th
of May, according to the Order of both Houfes,
which we did receive upon the J3th of this

* Month ; wherein, and in all other Things, I

* {ball endeavour to approve rnyfelf,

My Lord,
Tour Lord/hip's mojl humble Servant,

NOTTINGHAM.

A PAPER delivered by the Englifli CommiJJloners tt>
the Parliament of Scotland, prejjing them to de-
clare again/} thofe that had fsized Berwick and
Carlifle, and to prevent their Supplier of Arms, Am-
munition, and Provifons out of Scotland.

Edinburgh, May 9, 1648.

' "D Y our Paper of the fecond of this Month

* -*-^ we did declare, That thofe who had feized

* the Town of Bervi;k upon Tweed, and kept it

* as

of ENGLAND. 143

as a Garrifon, were Enemies and Traitors to the An. 24 Car.
Parliament and Kingdom of England^ and all t l648'
others of the Englijh Nation who were any ways M
aiding or affifting to them, and the like for the
City of Carlijle ; and forafmuch as what they have
done herein was agairift the Large Treaty and
A& of Pacification, pafled by the King and Par-
liaments of both Kingdoms; and confidering the
great Mifchref that might follow upon it, if they
{hould be furnimed with Arms, Ammunition,
and Provifions out of this Kingdom ; we did, for
Prevention thereof, demand that your Lordfhips
likewife would fpeedily declare againft them and
all of this Nation that {hould aid or affift them :
But we are very forry, in a Bufinefs of fo 'great
Concernment to the Peace and Good of both
Kingdoms, we {hould have Caufe to complain,
after a Week's Expectation, that we have not
received any Anfwer from your Lordihips ; efpe-
cially now being informed that feveral Loads- of
Arms, Ammunition, and Provifions have, fince
the fecond of this Month, been conveyed out of
this Kingdom into the faid Town of Berwick ;
which we hope was done only by fome particular
Malignants and difaftefted Perfons to this King*-
dom, and not by any Allowance or Connivance
from your Lordfhips ; it being fo directly againft,
not only the Treaty betwixt both Kingdoms, but
againft the folemn League and Covenant, where-
in we have fworn not to fuffer onrfehes^ direclly
or indirefily\ by whatfoever Combination^ Pcrfna-
fon^ or 'Terror^ to be divided or "withdrawn frtm
the bleffed Union and Conjunction of thefe Kingdoms^
cither by making Defection to the contrary Party*
or by giving ourftlves to a deteftabh Indijferency of
Neutrality in this Caufe ; and therefore all thofe
who have taken the Covenant, muft needs en-
gage God againft them, if they any Ways en-
gaged with, or affifted thefe Men in Berwick and
Carlijle; who, as we are informed, have many
Papifts come cb.ily to join with them, and them-
felves are of the Popiih and Prelatical Party,
4 ' wh»

144 ^ Parliamentary His TOR V

An. 14. Car, I. « who have been in Arms againft both Kingdoms;
____/ ' an<^ againft that Caufe wherein we have been

* happily united, and to which God hath given a
' Blefiing of Victory and Succefs : And as we are

* moft confident that not only the Parliament of
' England, but alfo all the religious Perfons, and
8 thofewho have been faithful to this Caufe \i\Eng-

* land) will frill be united againft thofe in Berwick
' and Cariijte, and all other our corrrtnon Enemies ;

* fo we cannot doubt but your Lordfhips A&ionS
' and Determinations will be fuch, as (hall fpeak

* you to have the fame Affections and Refolutions

* to the Prefervation of the Union betwixt thefe

* Kingdoms, and to the Maintenance of this Caufe
' againft the Common Enemies of it, that ever you
' had; from which if either Kingdom do recced, it

* will not only be an Advantage to the Rebels in
c Ireland^ and the Popifli and Prelatical Party in

* England and Scotland, but muft be a Reproach,
' Lofs, and infinite Hazard to all the reft, which

* we are well allured the Kingdom of England will

* no ways be guilty of; and we hope the fame of

* your Lordmips ; and that your Proceedings will

* be fuch, as we {hall never hereafter have Caufe to

* remember how many of our Engltjh Delinquents

* did lately jefort hither; how long they had Shel-

* ter and Freedom here ; how often we did, by Di-
' re&ions, and in the Name of the Parliament of

* England^ demand fome of the chief of them to be
"-delivered to us, and had them not; how many
' Meetings and Confutations they had in this City;
' how they went from hence when they did take

* Berwick and Carlijle ; fome of thofe Soldiers, as
' we are informed, hiving, for divers Weeks be^

* fore, had free Quarter in this Kingdom, and di-

* vers of them Pay, as themfelves affirmed ; that

* thofe who are now Chief Commanders in them,

* were here and demanded by us ; and that fmce, in

* the Time of Delay of your Lordfhips Anfwer to

* our lair Paper, they have, as we are credibly in-
« informed, been furnifhed with Arms, Ammuni-
' tion, and Provifions out of this Kingdom : We

* do

'^ENGLAND. 145.

* do therefore earneftyr prefs your Lordfliips to An.*$"Car. r.

* take our Paper of the fecond of this Month into \ '648- ^
' Confiueration, that fo all fuch Mifchiefs for the M^

' future may be prevented, until it pleafe God, by
' his Blefling upon the Forces of the Kingdom of

* England, to give thofe Perfons in Berwick and

* Carlijle into their Hands; and, by your Lord-

* fhips A&ions and Refolutions tending to the Peace

* and Union of thefe Kingdoms, there might be a

* further declared and manifeft Confidence and

* good Underftanding betwixt both Kingdoms-;
' which, for our Parts, we {hall not only heartily

* defire, but earneftly and faithfully endeavour.

By Command of the Cornmijjioners of the Parliament
of England,

THO. READ.

A COPY of the ANSWER of the Parliament of Scot-
land to the Englifh Commijffionen PAPERS of the
igtb and ityh of April, 1648, concerning the
Perfons demanded by the CommiJJioners.

Edinburgh^ May 2, 164?.

TH E Eftates of Parliament have confidered
the two Papers, bearing Date the I9th and
2Qth of April^ prefented to them from the Cora-
miffioners of both Houfes of the Parliament of
England^ to which they return this Anfwer, The
Perfons demanded not being, as they are inform-
ed, in this Kingdom, they think it not neceffary
to infift upon giving the Reafons of their former
Anfwer j but if the Commiflioners of both Houfes
{hall think it fitting, they will appoint a Commit-
tee to confer with them anent thofe Articles of
the Large Treaty, mentioned in your Papers, and
how far either Kingdom (lands engaged thereby 5
wherein they are confident to give all juft Satif-
faftlon.

Ex rafted out of the Record* of Parliament ly me
5/r Alexander Gibfon o/Drury, Knight. Clerk
of his Maje/l/s Regifters, Councils ; and Rslls^
. under my Signet and Subferipticn manual^

ALEX. GIBSON.
VOL. XVII. K rht

146 <fbe Parliamentary HISTORY

The ANSWER of the Parliament of Scotland to the
Englifh Commijfionen PAPERS of the id and gth of
May, concerning Berwick and Carlifle.

Edinburgh, May IO, 1648.

* IT 7 Hcreas your Lordfhips mentioned, by your
' YY Paper of the fecond of May Inftant, that
' you had formerly given us Notice of a Defign
' fome Englijh Delinquents had to feize upon the
' Town of Berwick upon Tweed ; by the fame Ad-
' drefs you informed us, that Guards were kept
' there for preventing any fuch Defigns : And as

* to your Demand, concerning the Delivery of
' Capt. ff'ogan and his Troop, Sir Thomas Glem-
' ham, Sir Marmaduke Langdale, Sir Philip Muf-

* grave., Col. Wray, and Sir Lewis Dives, we gave

* you fuch Anfwer thereunto as we conceived agree-

* able to the Treaties ; which, by our Paper of
' the fecond of May Inftant, we offered to aflert by
4 Conference. And whereas you give us Notice

* that the Towns of Berwick and Carlijle are feized

* on, contrary to the feveral Treaties betwixt both

* Kingdoms ; and, by virtue of the Large Treaty,

* your Lordfhips, in Name of both Houfes of the

* Parliament of England, do declare all thofe who

* have feized and taken the faid Towns, or do now

* hold and keep the fame in an hoftile Way as a

* Garrifon, to be Enemies and Traitors to the Par-
' liament and Kingdom of England, and in Arms
4 againft them; and likewife all Englijhmen who
' fhall any ways be aiding, aflirring, or abetting, to
' them; and do in their Name alfo demand that, in

* order to the reprelTmg of them, we fhall declare

* them Enemies to this Kingdom, and likewife any

* of this Kingdom who fhall aid or aflift them : To

* this, and your Paper of the gth relating there-
' unto, we return this Anfwer :

1 That as we have been always moft careful to
'. preferve unviolated, on our Parts, all the Articles
' of the Treaties betwixt the Kingdoms j fo,
8 when we fhall be certainly informed by what

« Perfons.

^/ENGLAND. 147

Perfons, and by what Power and Authority, thefe AI» *4 Car.!*
Places are feized upon and garrifoned, your Lord- , * * ' ,
fhips may be confident that this Kingdom will do May,
thereupon what is juft anJ fit, and agreeable to
their Solemn Covenant and Treaties ; and upon
this, and any thing elfe you have in Command
from the Houfes, we are ready to appoint fome to
confer with you.'

Extracted out forth of the Records of Parliament by me
Sir Alexander Gibfon <5/"Drury, Knight, Clerk
of bis Majeftys Regijlers, Councils, and Rolh9
under my Signet and Subscription manual,

ALEX. GIBSON.

The fame Day, May 19, a Meffage was brought
from the Houfe of Commons, by Mr. Annejley and
others, with fome Heads to be communicated by
the Committee of both Houfes to the Common-
Council of London ; and a Letter to be fcnt to the
Commifiioners in Shetland. To both which the
Lords agreed.

HEADS to be communicated to tie Common-Council, for
preferring a good Agreement and Correfpondence be-
tween the Parliament and Citj.

I. ' *Tp HAT the Committee exprefs their Ex- P«T°<»' ft" re«
« A perience of thofe Advantages the Parlia- £™egf^°ice
ment and the whole Kingdom had in carrying ori between the Par*
the public Caufe, during the late Wars, whilft liament and thc
a good Correfpondence continued between the lty°fLond°B'
Parliament and City ; and that they acquaint
them with the Dangers threatening the Caufe we
are engaged in, by the Encouragement the com-
mon Enemy hath taken fmce the former Corre^
fpondence hath been interrupted •.
II. * And that they may not be mifled by the
malicious Endeavours and Afperfions of fuch as
are Enemies to Peace, you are to acquaint them
with the following Particulars :
i. ' The Vote for continuing the Fundamental
Government of this Kingdom by King, Lords,
and Commons.

K* 2.

May.

A Letter from
both Houfes to «

their Commif- c
fioners at Edin- (
burgh, concern-
ing the late De- «
(an of the Scots t
Parliament.

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2. * The Refolution of Conjun&ion with Our
Brethren of Scotland, in the Proportions lately
prefented to his Majefty at Hampton- Court ; and
fuch further Proceedings thereupon as {hall be
thought fit for the Settlement of the Peace of both
Kingdoms.

3. ' Tofignify that the Houfes of Parliament, as
they have been ready to fatisfy the Defines of the
City for their Security ; fo they expect that the
City be careful fo to difpofe of the Militia, that
the Safety of the Parliament and Kingdom may
be provided for.

PY of a LETTER to be fent to the Commif*-
Jioners of the Parliament of Erigland, reftdent in
Scotland.

My Lords and Gentlemen,
'TP H E Houfes of Parliament received a Let*

* ter from the Lord-Chancellor of Scotland,
with a Paper of Defires of the Parliament of Scot-
land therein contained, upon the fecond of May
Inftant. We fend you here inclofed the AnAver
we returned thereto by their own Meilenger (a) ;
in purfuance whereof you are to acquaint the Par-
liament of Scotland, or the Committee or Con-
vention of Eftates, if the Parliament be not fit-
ting, that before the Houfes received the Lord-
Chancellor's Letter and Paper, they were in De-
bate of thofe Refolutions which they have lately
fent to be communicated to the Parliament of
Scotland, for the Prefervation of a good Corre-
fpondency and brotherly Union betwixt the King-
doms, by that their real Offer of Conjunction
with their Brethren of Scotland in the Propofi-
tions formerly agreed on by both Kingdoms,
prefented to the King at tfampton-Court ; where-
in Religbn, the Covenant and Treaties, and
other Things neceflary for the Peace of both
Kingdoms and Prefervation of the Union, are
provided for. And you are further to acquaint
the Parliament of Scotland, or, if they be not

* fitting^

(a) This is already given at p. i jr..

of ENGLAND. 149

* fitting, the Committee or Convention of Eftates, Aa- »4 C"r» !•
« That when the Parliament of England (hall re-

* ceive their Anfwer concerning their Conjunction

* therein, they fhall then be ready to give Satisfac-

* tion in thofe Things which fliall be judged necef-
' fary for the Peace of both Kingdoms, and which

* fhall not intrench upon the particular Intereft of

* this Kingdom and the Privileges of Parliament.
4 This being all we have in Command frcpn the

* Houfes, we reft,

Tour Lord/hip's humble Servants,

MANCHESTER,

Speaker of the Uouje of

Peers.

WILL.LENTHALL,
Speaker of the Houfe of

The Earl of MancbeJIer prefented to the Houfc
of Lords a Report from the Committee of Safety
at Derby-Houfe, containing feveral Letters and
Papers relating to the many Infurrc&ions now on
Foot in different Parts of the Kingdom : Thefe,
though rather Military than Parliamentary, we ap-
prehend too material {o be pafled ove^ by. way of
Abftract, as they are no where to be found,
that we know of, but in the Lords Journals—-—*.
And firft,

A LETTER from the Lord-GenfratFawfax, with an
Account, of the prefent State and Difpofition of his.
Forces-, addrefjed t& the Committee of both Houfes at
Perby-Houfe,

^ May 18, 1648,
My Lords and- Gentlemen^

* 1 Have herewith fent your Lordfliips the Tran-

• -. T T' . ... -\n • T^ r •

* fcnpt of a Letter I received from Major £><?/- Lord Fairfax, fet-

* bar ough) who commands my Regiment of Horfe, tine forth the
' concerning the Iffue of the Bufmefs at Bury, ahd

* me other ^affages in thofe Parts ; by which

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Tlje Parliamentary HISTORY

your Lordfiiips may fee the Temper of them, an(J
4 what Neceffity there is both of exemplary Punifh-
1 ment upon fome Offenders in this Kind, and of
' fome Force to be fixed in thofe Parts, for the Pre-

* vention of the like in future ; and I know no
' Way whereby a fmall Force can be capable to

* fupprefs fuch Insurrections, (in a Time and Place
' of fo general Diftemper and Difpofition to rife)

* but by fixing them in a Garrifon Pofture, where -
' by they may quarter fecure, and be ready* as Oc*

* cafion happens, to march out upon their beft Ad-

* vantage. I know no Town lying more advan-
' tageoufly in that Kind, for an Influence upon all

* thofe Parts, than that of Bury, being near the

* Center of them, and of large Receipt.

* And I mutt farther acquaint your Lord/hips
' that, (confidering the great Occasions for calling

* the prefent Forces other ways, for the refitting

* further Invafions, the fubduing of thofe Forces,
*• and reducing thofe Garrifons, that already appear

* againft you in the North, Lancashire, and South-
1 Wales, and for fuppreffing of Infurrections in

* other Parts) there is no Part of the fmall Force
' you have left for the Field can be fpared to be fix-

* ed in a Garrifon (for that or any other Purpofe

* aforementioned) in fuch a Corner as that Aflb-

* -elation is ; fo that, if fuch a Thing be judged
' neceffary, as it feems to be, it mutt be done by
' a particular Force to be faifed for that Purpofe
« out of the Well-affe&ed in thofe Parts ; which I

* prefume, upon the Experience they have of the

* Neceffity of it, they would be ready to do for
< their own Security.

* I have Intelligence lately, that Sir Marmaduke
4 Langdale's Forces are come down into Lancashire,
' where they are faid to -have poilefled Warrington^

* and to be raifing more Strength and increafmg
« daily, and like to encroach further ; upon which

* Occafion I am now fending Col. Harftfon with

* his Regiment of Horfe, and fome others, into
« Chejhire, to oppofe their further Proceedings ; and,
« with what Affiftance he can get from the Gentry

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of E N G L A N D. 151

* and Well-affected in thofe Parts, to endeavour An' ?* 0Cal
6 the clearing of them from the adverfe Forces.

Col, Whaleyys Regiment of Horfe and thofe of my
' own which were about Bury, are of thofe that are
' to march with me into the North ; whither I
' have ordered Col. Twi/letyn's Regiment to march
4 before ; fo that, for the Service and Security
' of the Midland Parts from Trent to Thames,
' there will be no Horfe left unengaged for prefent

* Service, but five Troops of Col. Flsetwood1 s Re-

* giment, now about Bury, one Troop whereof

* is affigned to Lynn, and neceflary to continue

* there.

* For your further Satisfaction herein, I have
' inclofed a particular Account how the other
' Horfe are difpofed of.

* I hear that Lieutenant-General Cromwell, out of
' his own Regiment and Col. Tlwrnhaugti $., hath
' fent five Troops of Horfe, together with fome

* Dragoons, to the Confines of Shropjhire, Chejhire,

* and North-Wales, to whom I mail now fend Or-
' ders to join with Col. Harrifon again the Enemy

* in Lancajhire.

* For Foot; until fome of thofe that are in
' Wales be difengaged thence, (the Regiment at
« Whitehall being continued there) I mall have

* none free to march into the North, fave my own

* Regiment and half of Col. Hewfon's ; five Com-

* panies thereof being already affigned to feveral

* Garrifons, and the other five indeed being more re -

* quifite to be left for the ftrengthening of Garrr-

* fons, in thofe Parts, and to draw out; upon Qcca-

* fion, than to be withdrawn further ofi\

* I have newly received a, Letter from Major

* Jlfarkham, whom I lately appointed, with a Par-

* ty of forty Horfe out of Col. Twijletons Regi-

* ment, to poflefs Belvoir-Ca/ile, which otherwife

* had been furprized by a Combination of Malig-
c nants thereabouts, ditcovered to Major Markham,
' as the Bearer hereof can inform you.

' I have herewith fent your Lordfhips his Letter,

' wherein -hedefires fome Foot to be added ; but I

K 4 « have

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An. 24 Car. J.
1648.

May.

*fbe Parliamentary HISTORY

have none to affign him that can be fp-ared te
continue with him j and indeed thofe Horfe he
hath, being but a Part of Col. Tvrijleton's Regi-
ment, had need fhortly to march after the Regi-
ment j fo that I conceive it very necefTary tbat
he have Power given him to raife fome Forcev
both of Horfe and Foot, for Security of that
Place, and Safety of thofe Parts; all which Heave
to your Lordihjps Confiderations^ and remain,

Your Lord/hip's bumble Servant^
FAIRFAX.

An ACCOUNT "bow all the Horfe and Dragoons , not
mentioned in the Letter , are difpofed of.

« f N the North, there tre already the two

* •* Northern Regiments under Col. Lambert, be-

* fides Col. Tiuiftton's, whicH is lately fent, as in

* the Letter,

* In the Southern Parts ; three Troops cf Com-

* mifiwy General Ireton's Regiment, engaged for
' prefent, Part at Chichejler^ and the reft at IFin-

* chefter, to fecure the Town and Caftle there
« from being poflefled by the Malignants, till fome
' other Courfe be taken to fecure or dejnolifh. the

* Caftle ; the reft of that Regiment are engaged at

* Brijlil, until the Quiet of that Place be provided
« for.

* Col. Tomlinfen's Regiment and two Troops of

* Dragoons are with Sir Hardrefs ff^aller^ in De-.

* von/hire and Cornwall, w hereof he is forced :o em-

* ploy a Troop of Horfe and on« of Dragoons to

* fecure Bridgewaler.

4 Three Troops of Col. Scroop's Regiment lying

* in Dorfetfiire for the Security of the Garrifons

* there, which are very weakly mann'd, and for

* fupprefling Infurredtions in that County, $o~

* merfet^ and Wilt*-, the reft of th. t Regimmtweie

* with Col. Horton at the Eng igeiw nt in Wales, and
' y.et continue tjjere, where are alfo Col. Hortons

* Regiment

Sf ENGLAND. 153

* Regiment of Horfe, and fix Troops of Dragoons; A«« *4 Car-
« all there before the late Engagement.

' There went alfo with Lieutenant-General
c Cromwell his own Regiment of Horfe, and two

* Troops more of Dragoons.

*Col. Thornhaugh's Regiment lay there upon the
1 Pafles of the Severn, in Wore eft erjhire and Shrop-
4 Jhire, and were appointed to have an Eye to
c North-Wales, fave one Troop thereof, which is

* afligned to Coventry ; but whither that Regiment

* is now ordered by the Lieutenant-General is not

* here known otherwife than as in the Letter.'

Major MARKHAM'S LETTER inclcfed in the
foregoing.

To the Right Excellent and Honourable THOMAS
Lord FAIRFAX.

Belvoir, May 16, 1648.

May it pleafe your Excellency,
c C I N C E my leaving Belvoir-Cafik^ according^^,. ffo

* to your Excellency's Command, I find the Major Mark-

* Country thereabouts /who were formerly ve

* malignant, to be much more exafperate, and gi

* out daily Threatnings to difpoflefs me. I have
' forty Horfe by your Excellency's Command ; but

* Foot are moft proper for the Duty of this Place,

* though the Horfe are abfolutely necefTary to awe
' the Malignsnts, who were never fo high. May I
f moft humbly befeeeh your Excellency to appoint

* me forty Foot, by which I may become enabled

* to difcharge my Truft, and evidence myfelf the

* Kingdom's, and,

SIR,

Tour Excellency's, moji humble

and faithful Servant,
F, MARKHAM,
Next

1 54 *fhe Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. Next was read the Commitee of Safety's Report
t '648 • ^ Of tne Tranfactions of Major Defborough and the
May< Commiflioners fent down to Bury^ in Suffolk, to
fupprefs a Riot in that Town ; where, as Mr.
the fuppreffing°an ^'^^ informs us, ' Six hundred Men got to-
Infurreftion at gether in Arms, about fetting up a May-pole, cry-
Bury, in Suffolk. jng out por God and King Charles, laid hold on
fome of the Parliament's Soldiers, and fet Guards
in feveral Places.

INSTRUCTIONS for Sir William Playters and Sir
Thomas Bernardifton, appointed to go to Bury,
, in the County of Suffolk.

c \7 O U are to make your Repair with what con-

* * venient Speed you can, to Bury St. Edmund's,
' in the County of Suffolk.

* You, or either of you, are there to inform
' yourfelves of the Grounds and Caufes of the late
' Infurre&ions ; and, upon the Knowledge of them,
' you are to endeavour, by all fair and peaceable

* Ways, to perfuade them to a peaceable and quiet
' Submiflion.

* You, or either of you, are to let them know
' that, in cafe they will lay down their Arms and

* reftore the Magazine which they feized upon, and

* fubmit themfelves to the Houfes of Parliament,

* that they fhall be indemnified for feizing the

* Magazine, or any other Aft done in the late

* Tumult.

* If you find that, after the ufing all fair Means,

* you cannot prevail with them to make an abfo-
' lute Submiflion, you are not to capitulate with

* them ; but immediately to fend to fuch of the

* Horfe of Col. IVbalefs Regiment as are neareft
' quartered unto you, who have Order to follow
' fuch Directions as they fhall receive from you
' for the fupprefling of the faid Tumult.

' You are to fend to fuch Deputy-Lieutenants
' and Juftices of the Peace as you {hall think fit,

* for your Afliftance in this Service.

< You

of E N G L A N D. 155

* You are to ufe all poffible Expedition In this An. 24 Car. I.

* Bufmefs, it being of that Nature that it admits of t J6*8' ,

* no Delay ; and you are to giye Notice to this ju^C""""
' Committee of your Proceedings herein.'

The COMMISSIONERS Account of their PRO-
CEEDINGS.

To the Right Hon. the COMMITTEE of LORDS and
COMMONS
Derby-Houl

COMMONS for the Safety of the Kingdom, at
jfe.

Bury St. Edmund's, May 15, 1648.
Right Honourable,

TP H E Account we {hall give to your Lord-
{hips as to your Commands touching this
Bufinefs at Bury St. Ednnnd's, will be beft re-
prefented by thefe inclofed Papers ; which were
in Agitation before your Inftrudlions came down,
and concluded within fome few Hours after.
We are now in quiet Pofleflion of the Town,
upon fuch Conditions as therein are exprefled.
We had the Affiftance of two Troops of my Lord
General's Regiment, and three of Col. Fleetwood's
withj three of the Trained Bands of Sir Thomas
Bernardi/lon's Regiment, who are very ready to
do Service therein.

' We cannot yet difcover the Bottom of this
Defign. There was not much Blood {bed, but upon
a Skirmifti in a Sally out, there were two of the
Town killed, and none ofr ours, only two Horfes.
* There were Drums beat up laft Saturday at
Tbttford, in Norfolk, and many tumultuoufly af-
fembled j but were foon fuppreifcd by the Mayor's
Power. We hear this Day of the like at S:ow-
Market, in this County ; which we have taken
Care of, and hope to render a good Account
therein j and, not further to be troublefome, ever
reft,

Tour Lor djhips faithful Servants

WILLIAM PLAYTERS,
THO. BERNARDIS TON,
WILL. SOAME, Dep. Lieut.
' A MESSAGE

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Tie Parliamentary H i s T o it y

A MESSAGE from the Townfmen to the above.
COMMISSIONERS.

l» 1648.

THAT the Magiftrates of the Town tind
themfelves unable to appeafe the Tumult,
and therefore have written to Mr. Wrindue to
come over and treat with Sir Thomas Bernardijlon
and Major Dejbor&ugh To-morrow about Noon ;
and therefore are humble Suitors to. Major
Dejborough^ that A6b of Hoftility may be for-
borne till that Time be expired ; and before that
Time, haply, the Meflenger feat by us may be
returned from the Parliament.

PROPOSALS jjt>r a SURRENDER*

May, 14, 1648..

C* OR preventing tb« Effufion of Blood, \ fend
" this to let you know, that if you w.ho are in
Arms in the Town to deliver up your Arms,
to be difpofed of by myfelf and the Magiftrates of
the Town, and depart every Man to his own
Houfe, I will not fuffer any Man's Perfon to be
hurt, or his Eftate plundered ; but if any do re-,
fufe this Offer, they muft expect to be dealt with,
all according to their Demerits. I expect your
pofitive Anfwer within one Hour, being refolved
to lofe no Time in compelling fuch as are ob-
ftinate,

THO. BERNARDISTON.

The TOWNSMEN'S CONDITIONS.

SIR, May 14, 1648.

THERE are many Gentlemen that ca»ns
out of the Country to affift us from ill
Ufage, that we might have received from the
Original of this Occafion ; they being in Defence
for the Good of the Town, we fhall deftre that
they may be permitted, if they pleafe, either to
ftay in Town upon their Occafions, or depart at

* their

$f IE N G L A N D. 157

* their Pleafure; alfo to take their own private Arms An> ** £ar* lt

* with them, and be fecured from any Danger for . ^_L

' the future, for any A6t done fmce this Occafion ; Kfay.
c and that each Man, defiring to pafs to any Place,

* may have yours and the Commander in Chiefs

* Hand to pafs quietly. This being confirmed by

* Sir Thomas feernardiftcn^ Major Dejborougb^ and

* the Aldermen of this Town, we do engage our-

* felves, that they (hall lay down their Arms, ex-

* cept their own allowed by their Pafles to be car-

* ried with them. This to be effected To-morrow

* Morning by Ten o'Clock, with a Releafe of all
' Perfons on either Side.

' For thofe in Arms belonging to the Town

* your own Conditions propounded, with this Ad-
' dition of Security for the future, viz*

1. ' Horfes, Piftols, and Swords to be allowed;
c Hereof Piftols are denied.

2. * No Violence upon Perfon or Eftate in fu-

* ture : Granted.

3. « No Officer or Gentleman, whether Stran-

* ger or Townfmen, {hall be forced to leave his

* Sword, Horfe, and Piftols, or be imprifoned : All
' this denied.

.A/". 5. * This was delivered by two, in the Name

* of eight of the Town of Bury, remaining of the
' twelve Ring-leaders.

The COMMISSIONERS ANSWER.

May 14, 1648.

' A S to the Gentlemen that came into the
' "^ Town to aflift in the Prevention of Difor-
4 ders there, the Number as we are informed not

* exceeding five, we do agree they {hall have Pafles
' to go peaceably to their own Dwellings; and there

* to abide free from Violence to Perfons or Eftates
' for the future, offered by us or any under our

* Command ; and to have their Swords and Horfes

* with them, they behaving themfelves peaceably,

* and obediently to the Authority of Parliament.

4 The Priforiers we fhall leave in Town with the

* Aldermen, upon your Delivery of our Prifonerb.

« As

158 5fe Parliamentary HrsToRV

An. 24 car. f. « As to the Inhabitants of the Town, according

v__LA___, ' to our former Offer, we agree they {hall be pro-

AJay. * tected from Violence to their Perfons or Eftutes ;

' and (hall not be injured by us, nor any under

' our Commands for the future, they behaving

' themfelves peaceably, and being obedient to the

' Authority of Parliament.

' To thefe Particulars we agree, upon Condi-
' tion that we quietly enter the Town To-morrow

* Morning at Nine o'Clockj and that all the Arms

* and Ammunition (except the Swords allowed to

* Strangers) be at that Time laid down in the
' Market- Houfe, and be at the Difpofal of Sir

* Thomas Eernardijhn and the Chief Magiftrates of
' the Town.

* We expect to know your Resolutions in order

* to thefe Particulars this Night by Eleven.

THO. BERNARDISTON,
JOHN DESBOROUGH.

A WARRANT_/T<WZ Sir Marmaduke Langdale^ and
others of the KING'S COMMISSIONERS, yir levying
Men and Arms.

To the CONSTABLES of the Parijb of Morton and
every of them.

May 14, 1648.

T> Y virtue of his Majefty's Commiflion to us
directed, for fecuring the Counties aflbciated
in Maintenance of his Majefty's Rights and Pri-
vileges, the Liberties of the Subject, and the
Laws of the Land, thefe are, in his Majefty's
Name, to will and require you forthwith, upon
View hereof, to fend twenty ferviceable Horfes
to the Town of Bury for the faid Service, with
Arms and Men to as many of them as you can
furnifti, for which you {hall receive the Benefit
of his Majefty's Declaration on this Behalf.
Hexeof fail YOU not.'

MARM. LANGDALE,
WILLIAM BARKER,
ROBERT STENTON,

Laftly

3f ENGLAND. 159

Laftly was read a Letter from the Lord Fairfax, An. 24 Car. I.

•with feveral Papers inclofed, relating to a high , ' *8' ^

Quarrel between the Mayor of Exeter and the May>
Soldiery there.

For the Right Honsurable the COMMITTEE of
LORDS and COMMONS for Safety, fitting at '
Derby-Houfe.

Windfor-CaJlk, May 18, 1648.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
T Received a Letter from Sir Hardrefs Waller, A Letter from

concerning a late very ill Carriage towards Y*d Fairfa*> •»
him and his Soldiers at Exon, to the Effect as youc° ng
will fee in the Papers inclofed. I thought fit
to tranfmit the Bufmefs wholly to your Lord-
fhips, defiring it may be fo far taken into Con-
fideration, as that fome timely Courfe may be
taken to prevent the like Mifcarriages, and the
putting of the Soldiery to the like Extremities,
where the Parliament find Caufe to continue any;
and to take away Occafions of the like Difcou-
ragement to the Soldiery, or Danger of the like
Trouble betwixt the People and them, in that
or in other Places. It is a Time that there are
fo many Endeavours of feveral Parties to difaffect
the Soldiers from the Parliament's Service, or at
leaft to make them ftagger and fcruple their
Perfiftance in it, as there had need be no further
Difcouragements as thefe, whereby to give the
Advantage of more Work to thofe evil Spirits. I
* remain,

Your Lordjhips humble Servant,
FAIRFAX.

A LETTER fnm Sir Hardrefs Waller to the Lord
Fairfax, referred to in the foregoing.

Plymouth, May 15, 1648.
May it pleafe your Excellency,

4 HpH E Times are fo full of Diftempers, and Sir *ardrefs
; L Men's Hearts fo big with Mifchief, that ^of' g«C,"t
' I cannot hope to free your Lordihip from Ad- Difconteaw ac
? « vertifements Exetet'

^2* Parliamentary HISTORY

vertifements of that Nature. Thefe Gountie5
are f° generally for the King's Party (or, if pof-
' fible, worfe Enemies) that I admire they are not

* all in one Flame ; God's Providence is infinitely
' feen in that they are not; and the intolerable ill

* Pay of the Soldiers make their Tempers little
6 better. The Committees, except fome few, are"

* fuch as either they do not appear, or elfe feem

* to incorpbrate with the Cavaliers : And befides
' thefe generally, there hath a Particular happened

* of that high Concernment, that I think it my
« Duty to haften Notice thereof, finding all thefe
< Parts in fuch a Diftemper.

* I fent as civil a Letter as I could pen, to the
« Mayor and Aldermen of Eton, that I had fent
c fome Men to fecure that City, and withal march-

* ed the Men into the Town ; at which the Town
' was' put into fuch a Rage, by the ill Carriage of

* the Magiftrates, that it is even a Miracle how we
1 eicaped cutting of Throats ; and although the
' whole Body of Mayor and Aldermen were com-
« bined in the Bufmefs, yet only the Mayor and
6 Mr. Clarte (a Member of the Houfe of Com-

* mons) exprefled their Approbation of the Vio-

* lence ; the Particulars thereof appear in the feve-

* ral Atteftations of Officers herewithal fent your
' Excellency.

' I was once fully refolved to fend up the Mayor

* and Mr. Clarke as Prifoners, and fo to deftre that

* both they and the feveral Informations might be

* prefented by your Excellency to the Parliament ^
' but defiring rather to fit down with Suffering and

* Wrong, than give the leaft Occafion of Offence
' on my Part, made me to forbear until I had fent
' firft to your Lordfhip to know your Pleafure and
« Directions therein ; it being a Matter, as we

* conceive, of very great and near Concernment.

e The Foot I fent into the Town were, by Ap~

* pointment of the Magiftrates, kept out of the

* Houfes from Monday till Thurfda^ when I went
« with two Troops of Horfes and fo was fain at laft

4

'tO

9j E N G L A N D. 161

to force Quarters, and break open Doors to let the An- a* Car. I.
Soldiers in ; and principally the Mayor and Mr. t * * '
Clarke, who were the Chief of all : And thus, Maj,
being defirous that thefe may not be filled with
too many Particulars that favour thus ill, altho*
I have very many of that Kind to write of, I (hall
only fue for fome Advice touching thefe j and fo
remain,

Tour Excellency's

Mojl entirely devoted Servant}
HAR. WALLER.

Lieutenant-Colonel SALMONS INFORMATION relate
ing to the Difturbances at Exeter.

Monday, May 8, 1648.

r\ N the Day aforefaid, I rendezvoufed at Ede Seven! Informs*
^•^ fix Companies of Foot of Sir Hardrefs tion* relating
Waller's Regiment ; which fix Companies I was thereto*
commanded to conduct to Exon, to the end I
might fecure the faid City againft any Surprize or
other Attempt ; as alfo to hinder any Tumult or
Infurreclion. From the Rendezvous I fent the
Quarter -Mafter to take up Quarters in Exon ;
and, not long after, I came to the faid City,
where I delivered a Letter to the Mayor and Al-
dermen from my Colonel, Sir Hardrefs Waller j
at which Time I alfo acquainted them with the
Order for my marching thither, and defired that
Quarters might be provided for the faid fix Com-
panies under my Command j whereupon the faid
Mayor and Aldermen defired me to withdraw ;
and, foon after calling me in again, they defired
two Hours Time to confider of it; and, during
that Time, that the Soldiers might be flayed
without the City. To which I replied, That
the Soldiers were already come in, or very nigh
the City ; upon which they faid, I had furprized,
them, and that they would not appoint us Quar-
ters ; but faid, They looked upon us as Enemies,
VOL. XVII. L « and

1 62 'The Parliamentary H r s T o K ir

An. 24 Car. I. * and Men not fit to be trufted ; and that if they
' had received more timely Notice of our marching
in, they would have (hut the Gates againft us,
and have kept us out; and further, except we
' would- march out again, they would return no-
' other Anfwer than formerly,. Whereupon I re-

* paired to the Companies, and acquainted the
' Officers with th"e aforefard Offers, dcfiring to

* know whether they were willing to march ou*
c again or no ; who anfvvered negatively :. After

* which Anfwer I in-ftantly went agaki to the
' Mayor, accompanied with divers of our Officers,
c and acquainted the Mayor and Aldermen that,

* by reafon of their long March,, the Officers and1
' Soldiers were unwilling to march out of the

* Towa, but were willing, to {ray in- the Church-
, *' Yard until their Quarters were appointed :

' Whereupon Mr. Mayor replied, He would not

* appoint us any Quarters. At which Conference

* Mr. Clarke^ jun, of Exon; faidy That we of the
' Army had done no Service for the Parliament ;
' and that the additional Ordinance touching Bil^
e letting and Quartering was not an Ordinance of

* •Parliament. After which Difcourfe we returned
c to our Companies, acquainting them that we

* could not quarter them that Night without Di-

* fturbance and Hazard of much Bloodfhed.

' I having received Intelligence that Mr. Mayoi?

- -* had commanded the Citizens to fhut up their

' Shops and Doors to prevent our quartering ; and

* that if we Ihould offer to force into their Houfes

* for Quarter,, or make any Stir, that the Bell?

* fliould ring that fo the Town might rife againft

* us ; after the Hearing of this, I again returned

* to Mr. Mayor, and certain other Officers with
*• mey and coming to his Houfe found the Door

* fhut,. where I knocked, defiring to fpeak with

* Mr. Mayor ; who, coming to the Door, demand-
c ed what my Bufmefs was, and faid if it was for
' quartering of Soldiers, he would keep the Doors
' againft us : But I replying I came only to fpeak

* with him,.he opened the Door j when, after En-

*• trance*

# ENGLAND* 163

trance, I acquainted him that I heard he had An. 24 Car. l«

commanded the Citizens to fhut up their Shops

and Doors againft us, and if our Men {hould

make any Stir for Quarter that the Bell {hould be

rung out, that the City might generally rife againft

us ; who told me it was true he had given that

Command : Whereupon I told him I was forry

to hear it, and that notwithstanding his harfh

Command, I {hould. endeavour to preferve the

Peace of the City ; and therefore defired that he

would be pleafcd to appoint me fome Churches or"

Out-houfes, where my Soldiers might befhelter-

ed from the Weather j whereupon he gave me;

the Key of a Church, too little to contain half

my Men. I defiring that he would appoint fomd

other Places or Churches more for the Men to.lie

in, this he utterly refufed ; infomuch, that I was

conftrained to quarter one Company where Hogs

ufually lay, another in a Church Porch and

Yard, a third in a little Church appointed by

the Mayor, the fourth and fifth in an open Place

under a Part of the Common Hall, and I perfuad-

ed the fixth Company to feek out a Quarter, who,

after diligent Inquiry, found out and lodged in

the Hofpital and Yard. Thus having, from

Time to Time, acquainted the Mayor with the

Mifery of our being at prefent without Quarter^

and thus having'laid three Nights, I was conftratn-

ed to quarter my Men, without the Afliftance of

the Magiftrates, they ftill refufing to give me any

Afliftance or Directions in it.

* All this I am ready to depofe, and much mors

* to this Purpofe will be teftified by others.*

ED. SALMON,

The INFORMATION" of four, other Officers.

Exon-CaJlle, May n, 1648.

* \A7 E having been often with the Mayor of
' * * this City for Money to pay our Soldiers,

* which was ordered to be paid us by the Commit-

La * tee

i 64 *Ihe Parliamentary H i s T o R Y

An. 24 Car. i. < tee of the Army out of the AfTeffinent of this Ci-
' ty,; were ftill delayed from Time to Time ; fome-
' times' we had fair Language, other Times very
harm; which fo much provoked our Soldiers
' that,- at feverel Times, we doubted the Men
' would mutiny j and this we urged to prevent

* Danger, and to ftir up the Mayor and Commifli-
' oners to provide for us. He' anfwered, That if
' the Soldiers fhould demean themfelves well, he
f would order them Pay j and withal commanded
' them that they (hould wear no Arms in the City;
6 if they did, they muft arm themfelves alfo. And

* they have been fo backward, that to this Day lit-
c tie more than half of the firft fix Months Pay is

* paid to us, tho' there be more than the whole nine
' Months due to us fince the i5th of January laii;

* and for the other three Months there is not any

* Thing done in it ; they ftill thus delaying us, we
' defired (being unwilling to a6l without them)
c that they would join with us to conftrain the re-
*" fpe&ive Landlords to credit the Men till they

* could get the Money collected, which they pro-

* milled to do ; but when we came to defire them
*' to make k good, the Mayor then denied it, re-
c plying, they had better confidered of it; and withal
4 he told divers of the aforefaid Landlords, that

* they were not to truft them, if they did, they

* (hewed an* ill Example ; and further told them,
« the Soldiers were quartered by a particular Order
' from the General. It was anfwered, Did the
4 General act any thing without the Confent of
*" the Parliament ? He replied, He would not now

* difpute it with us ; and alfo faid, he wondered

* what Defign we had to keep fo many Soldiers in
' this Place; tho' there were none here but what

* belonged to this Garrifon. All which will be

* teftified by us the Officers thereof,

J. LACHE,

W.BOYCE,

DAVID OWEN,
THO. SAUNDERS.
Capt.

t/ ENGLAND.

LANE'S INFORMATION.

Monday^ May 8, 1648.

T leutenant-Colonel Sofatont with other Officers
^~* under Command of Sir Hardrefe Waller^
came to Mr. Mayor's Houfe of Exon, and defired
his Affiftance for the quartering the Soldiers then
-in or near the Town, commanded thither by Sir
Hardrefs Waller for that End, the Reafons where-
of were demonftrated to the faid Mayor ; who,
amongft many other Speeches of the like follow-
ing Nature, did anfv/er to the abovefaid Defire of
Lieutenant-Colonel Salmon, That we (viz. the
Officers and Soldiers) came hither to furprizethe
City ; and if he had known of our coming fooner
he would have kept us out: And moreover faid,
That we are not to be trufted ; and that he
looked upon us as Enemies, &c- And Mr.
Clarke , jun. a Member of the Parliament, did fay
to the fame Effect j adding, That we (meaning
the Army under the Command of the Lord Fair-
fax) had done no Service for the Parliament. He
did further fay .to Captain Defborough^ then pre-
fent, that if he were a Member of the Army when
,the Remonftrances were made at Hammerfmith,
that then he was one of them which would have
pulled the Parliament out by the Ears. The Mayor
abovefaid did further fay, That he cared not fpr
Sir Hardrefs f&alltr's Qrders concerning Quarter-
ing. Mr. Clarke added, That if the Lord-Gene- >
ral himfelf did come to the City to quarter as we
did, he would oppofe him ; and that the late Or-
dinance .of Parliament about Quartering was no-
Ordinance of Parliament, but the General's and
Army's. This is a true Information of fpme ob-
fervable Paflages which were then fpoken; all
which I fhall make good, if called to it, upon
> Oath/

JOHNT LANE.
L 3 37v.

i66

A". 2+ Cat.

i643.

Way.

TJje Parliatneirtary HISTORY

* *The INFORMATION of Captain HODDEN.

May II, 1648.

(~\N Monday the 8th of this Inftant Mayt
coming with Lieutenant-Colonel Salmon and
other Officers to the Mayor's Hcufe at Exon,
where we defired Dire6tions and Affiftance from
him for quartering of the fix Companies then
come into the City with us ; at that Time and
Place the faid now Mayor of Exon faid, That he
had appointed the Gates to be ihut when he heard
of our coming, and would have kept us forth,
had -he heard more timely of our Coming ; and
laid, he looked upon us as Enemies, and would
not yield that we fhould have any Quarter in the
City ; but commanded the Shops and Doors to be
fhut ; and faid we (hould have no Quarter. There
v/as one Mr. Clarke^ a Member of Parliament,
who faid we came to furprize Mr. Mayor ; that
we of the Army did no Service for the Parlia-
ment; and that the laft additional Directions for
Quartering was not the Parliam nt's Ordinance,
but was made by the General und Army, or fome
factious Party.

1 At a fecond Going to Mr. Mayor with the faid
Lieutenant Colonel -Salmon^ to dehi'c Room to
keep the Soldiers dry that Night, faying we would
fuffer very much rather that be ariv Caufeof Dif-
turbance to the City, for we came to Quarter
there according to Ordinance of Parliament, being
deilrous to prcferve and keep the Peace, where-
ever we came; Lieutenant-Colonel Salmon told
the Mayor that he heard vhe B-.iis ihould be rung
to raife the City againft the Soldiers ; to which
Mr. Mayor anfwered, That it was true he had
commanded the Market Bell to ring out if any
Difturbance fhould happen to be, and thereby to
caufe the City to rife upon theSoldiers. Notwith-
ftanding, to prevent Blood-fhedding or other in-

* conveniences, we lay ;in Yar'ds-and in the Streets,

* to this Day, without any Quarters, This I am

* ready to make good on Oath, when required.

R. HODDEN,

of E N G L A N D. 167

An, 24 Car. J.

77)* INFORMATION of Captain DESBOROUGH *6j.s.

and Captain C H u T E . v w '

May.

jfc&v n, 1648,

f\ N Tucfday the gth of ^^y, being command-
ed by Lieutenant-Colonel Salmon to go to
Mr. Mayor's Houfe of £^w, to defire an Anfwer
touching his Refolution of quartering our Sol-
diers, the Mayor told us, That the Aldermen and
Common Council-Men had agreed, with himfelf,
that he fhould not aflift us in Quartering. He fur-
ther faid, We were not fit to be trufted 5 and that
we had done more fiurt to the Kingdom than
Good. He alfo told us, there were Inns, Ale-
houfes, and Taverns enough to give us Quarters ;
to which Anfwer of his we defired his Directions
and Afllftance to quarter there; but he anfwered
in the negative. Then we defired him he would
be pleafed to appoint any of the Conftables to
aflift us ; but the faid Mayor anfwered us as for-
merly. Then we further defired of him, That
if any Tumult or InfurreiStion fhould happen by
means of our Quartering, we being Strangers in
the City, whether or no he would be pleafed to
aflift us in the Prefervation of the Peace of the
City ; he anfwered, He would not. This we are
ready to depofe upon Oath.

PHIL. DESBOROUGH,
NATH. CHUTE.

Upon reading thefe Papers in the Houfe of Com-
mons, they refolved that the Forces under Sir Har-
drefs Waller •, at Exeter, be forthwith removed
thence j and that a Letter be fent from their
Speaker to the General, to defire immediate Execu-
cution of that Order.

May 20. The Parliament were now in great Fears

again, on occafion of the laft and other Intelligence

from different Parts ; and this Day the following

JDcclaration, for preventing tumultuous Afieinbliei.-

L 4. under

The Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. under Pretence of prcfcnting Petitions to Pailiar
ent, was agreed to by both Houfes.

I648-

A Declaration a-

Kinft prefVnting
:titions to Par-
liament in a tu-
nrj-uoui Man-*

HP H E Lords and Commons in this prefect
Parliament aflembled do declare. That as it
is the Right and Privilege of the Subjects of
England^ to prefent unto the Parliament their juft
Grievances, by way of Petition, in a due Man-
ner; and they (hall be always ready to receive fuch
Petitions, and to provide fuch Remedies for Re-
drefs of fuch Grievances, as they in their \Vifdom
and Judgment (hall think beft ; fo, in regard that
by tumultuous AfTemblics of Perfons in feveral
Counties and Cities of this Kingdom, in the
framing of fuch Petitions, divers Plots and De-
figns are carried on by Malignants and Delin-
quents, and Perfons ill-affe&edjto the endangering
the Deftru&ion of Religion, this prefent Parlia-
ment, and the Laws of this Kingdom, and Liber-
ties of the Subjeclj and, by the like tumultuous
prefenting of the fame by great Numbers of
Rioters and ill-affected Perfons, contrary to for-
mer Ufages in antient Times, many Mifchiefs
have enfued, and Bloodmed ; and both Houfes of
Parliament hindered and interrupted in their De-
bates and Refolutions, concerning the Settlement
of thefgreat Affairs, Peace, and Safety of the King-
dom ; the faid Lords and Commons do hereby de-
clare and ordain, and be it ordered and ordained
by Authority of this prefent Parliament, That
every fudi Petition, which hereafter (hall be
brought up and prefented to the Houfes of Parlia-
ment, from any County or City, or otherwife,
fhall be brought up and prefented only by a con-
venient Number, not exceeing twenty Perfons j
and all fuch Petitions (hall be by them delivered
to the Knights, Citizens, or Burgefles, who ferve
in Parliament for the faid County, City, or Bo-
rough, from whence the faid Petitions come, or
to fome Member of either of the faid Houfes, by
them to be offered to the taid refpeclive Houfes ';

« fend

^ENGLAND, 169

nnd that ail Perfons who {hal} bring up any fuch An. 24 Car. I. .
Petition, do behave themfelves peaceably, order- L l648« ^
]y, ?nd without Offence. And if any Perfon or M
Perfons {hall hereaiter, under any fuch or the like
Pretence, lumultuoufly afiemble as aforefaid, the
faid Perfon or Perfons fo offending, ftull be ad-
judged as Perfons ill affected to the Parliament
and Kingdom.'

The Commons were in fo great Hafle to have
this Declaration difperfed among the People, that,
in their Order of the 22cl for publifhing the fame
in all the Market-Towns throughout every County,
the Printer was enjoined to bring in a fufficient
Number of Copies to be diftributcd by the Knights
and Kurgcffes accordingly, the very next Day, by
Twelve of the Clock at the fartheit.

We have before taken Notice of a remarkable
Petition from the County of Surry, prefented, on
the 1 6th of this Month, to the Houfe of Commons
in a riotous Manner ; that thereupon they had re-
fufed to give any Anfwer tqit. and had appointed a
Committee to examine into the Occafion and Cir-
cumfrances of the Riot: However, we find the Several Memtx»
Commons thought it more prudent, at this Criffs, ?PPoil\ted *° g»
to footh, than to exafperate, the Petitioners; for on^Aoount^f7'
this Day they made an Order, That the Members the late Petitiwi
who fetved for Surry, and other Members dwel-[rom thatCou»-
ling in that County, be defired to go down there. 7'
The following Instructions were alfp drawn up,
and fent by Sir Richard Onflow to the Houfe of
Lords, who gave their Concurrence.

INSTRUCTIONS for fucb Lords, and Members of tie
Houje of Commons, as Jhall be fent into the County of
Surry.

* HP HAT the Earl of Northumberland be defired

* to g° Suddenly down, with fuch other Gen-
' tlemen as the Houfe fhall pleafe to nominate, into

* the County of Surry.

« That

170 ¥be Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 14 Ca*. I. « That they ufe their Endeavours, by the befl

t >648- J ,« Ways and Means they (hall think fit, ;to inform

May. ' tne County of Surry of the undue Manner of de-

* livering a Petition to the Houfes, on Tuefday laft,
' by many of the Inhabitants thereof; and of the
' great Diforder that was amongft the Petitioners,

* by tumultuous Shoutings, whilft the Houfes were
' in ConiideratioH, of the Petition ; to the drawing
' together many difaffe&ed Perfons in and about
' Jf^eJJminJJer^ to the Danger and Interruption of

* the peaceable Sitting of the Houfes.

' That the Houfes cannot attribute thofe Difor-

« ders to that County ; but do retain in Memory

' their many faithful Services and good Affections

x * exprefled to the Parliament ; and doubt not but

* thofe Diftempers that fell out were contrary to
'"the Defires and Liking of that County.

* That they inform the Inhabitants of that

* County, That the Houfes of Parliament intend
4 not to hinder their prefendng of Petitions in a
*• due and fitting Way ; but fhall be ready to give
' all Encouragement and Anfwers thereunto, for
*• the Satisfaction of their juft Defires.

* That the Houfes are upon the prefent Confide-
f ration of Matters of moft weighty Concernment to
' the Settlement of the Kingdom in a fafe and hap-
« py Peace; and expect to be free from tumultuous
4 Interruptions therein.

c That the Houfes have ordered the reftoring

* fuch Horfes as were taken away from divers of
' the Petitioners, that behaved themfelves in a
' peaceable Manner at that Time : And they fhall
' take Care that the whole Bufmefs be duly ex-
« amined ; and that all Witnofles be freely heard ;
' and expect that no Mifreprefentations may be

* made thereof in the mean Time/

The fame Day Mr. Annefley reported the Sub-
7VCi'*<*Lon-fcmce of the Anfwer of the Common Council of
ioVrefolve to London^ to the Committee of both Houfes who
siberetothc v.'cnt into the City on the igth, viz, * That they

wjth all Thailkfulnefs, the

< great

tf ENGLAND. 171

c great Pains and Care of the Parliament for them : An. 24 Car. I.

* That their Refolutions were conftant, to remain
Hrmiy conjoined in Oppofition to the common
Enemy, who watch for their Ruin : That they
look upon the News the Committee brought them,
as Light breaking through the Clouds : And that
fhey do refolve, in pursuance of the Solemn
League and Covenant, to live and die with the
Parliament.'

May 23. This Day a Petition was prefentcd to
both Houfes of Parliament from the City of Lon-
don ; which was as follows :

To the Right Honourable the COMMONS, in the
High Court of Parliament a[jtmble'dt

The HUMBLE PETITION of the Lord Mayor, Alder-
men andCommonS) of the City of London in Common
Council ajjcmbled)

HP H A T as your Petitioners, in all Humility, And petition for
do thankfully acknowledge the many former the Difcharge of
Fav6urs of this Honourable Houfe manifefted to *

this City, fo i'n particular in granting their De-
fires, exprefTed in their late Petition concerning
the Tower and Militia of London ; and in com-
m'utiicating unto the Petitioners feveral Votes of
both Houfes of Parliament ; wherein, to your Pe-
titioners great Joy and Comfort, are exprefied
your Refolutions, That you will not alter the
Fundamental Government of the Kingdom, by
King, Lords, and Commons : That you will pre-
ferve inviolably the Solemn League and Covenant,
and the Treaties between the Kingdoms of Eng-
land and Scotland; and that you will be ready to
join with the Kingdom of Scot/and in the Propofi-
tions agreed upon by both Kingdoms, and the
Prefervation of the Union according to the Cove-
nanr and Treaties.

' And your Petitioners further humbly prefcnt

to this Honourable Houfe, That the Inhabitants

•• • , - 'of

*The Parliamentary HISTORY

of the City are much grieved, in that their Magi*,
ftrates and Fellow-Citizens have, for a long
Time, been under Reftraint, and the City there-
by deprived of their Service ; and humbly pray.
That in profecution ofyourfaid Votes, you will
be pleafed to improve all good Opportunities in
perfecting fo defirable a Good as is therein ex-
preiTed, for the fpeedy Settlement of the Peacq,qf
both Kingdoms, and Prefervation of the Urriori
according to the Covenant and Treaties, and pre-
venting a new and bloody War.
* That the Aldermen now in the Tower , the Re-
corder, and the reft of their Fellow- Citizens re-
ftrained upon the fame Occafion, may be dif-
charged and reftored ; whereby the City may "bp
the better united, their Hands ftrengthened, and
they made more ferviceable to the Parliament and
City for their Prefervation and Safety, which they
fhall endeavour to the utmoft of their Power and
Abilities.'

And the Petitioners Jhall ever pray ', &c.

The Lords returned the Petitioners Thanks ;
and gave them AfTurance of taking all Opportunities
for a fpeedy Settlement of a fafe Peace in both King-
doms, according to the Covenant; and endeavour-
ing to prevent a new and bloody War: That
upon the Impeachments fent from the Commons,
they had procured no otherwife than in the ufual
Courfe of Parliament : That as to the Recorder
and the reft not impeached, they would endeavour
their Releafe ; and afiured the City of their Inclina-
tions to comply with thefe Defires from them, as a
Means firmly to unite them, to faften their Hearts,
and ftrengthen their Hands to ferve the Parliament,
in order to the Eftabliftiment of Religion and the
Peace of the Kingdom according to the Co-
venant.

'The Speaker of the Houfe of Commons ac-
quainted the Citizens, That the Houfe had con-
fidered their Petition 5 that in it were many Defires

Which,

of ENGLAND. 173

which are expreffcd to tend very much to the Union An. 24 Car. I.

of the City in itfelf : Which how much that Houfe y 54** f

defirtd, would appear by the following Votes : JJTJ]

1. * That Mr. Glynne, Recorder of the City, be Votes of the
difcharged from any Proceedings upon the Vote Common* in
,- , • T , • Conf<rqiience
for his Impeachment. thereof

2. ' The like Order made for Lieutenant-Colo-
nel Raines ; the Colonels Chapman^ Vaughan, Cap-
ley ^ Bromfald, and Hooker ; the Captains Jones and
Cox. And,

3. ' That, upon the Defire of the Militia of
London, the Horfe and Foot in the Tower fhould be
removed from thence, and joined with the Forces
a't Whitehall and the Mews ; there to continue till
the City declare they are in a Pofture to defend the
Parliament and themfelves.'

He alfo further informed them, That as to the
Cafe of the Aldermen in the Tower, it was a Bufi-
nefs of a very ferious and important Coniideratfon j
and therefore the Houfe had refolded to refume the
Debate of it on that Day Se'nnight.

The Citizens being withdrawn, the Commons
refolved, That fuch Members of their Committee
as went to the laft Common Council, be enjoined
to go to another, appointed to meet To-/norrow,
and reprefent unto them the great Neceffity there who prefs the
is for the Payment of the Arrears due from the City City to haften
to the Army: That neither they, the Parliament, ^f^an due
nor City, can be long fafe without a fpeedy Pay- to the Army,
ment of thofe Arrears; befides the Influence it hath
upon other Parts, by the ill Precedent that this
great City ihould be fo far behind in Arrears, at
fuch a Time; and to prefs that 3O,OOoA of the (aid
Arrears may be forthwith advanced j and the Re-
mainder thereof brought in with ail Speed.

May 24. The Commons ftill purfued their De-
fign of beginning another Treaty with the King,
for fettling a fafe and well-grounded Peace. And
this Day the Queftion being put in that Houfe,
That Religion and the Militia being firft fettled,

and

1 74 The Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. an(j the Declarations, cV. being recalled, then a
* ' * ' i Treaty fhould be had with the King upon the other
May. Proportions fent to him at Hampton-Lourt, it paf-
Andrefoiveto Ted in the Affirmative on a Divifion, 160 a?ainft 86,
SKoC The Tellers for theQueftion,LordC;w«^r^andSir
Thomas Dacres ; againft it, Col. Boffeville and Col.
Sydenbam. Thefe Propofitions being afterwards re-
duced into Form, it appeared thereby that the King
inuft agree to fettle the Prefbyterian Government
for three Years, and the Militia, by Sea and Land,
in the Hands of the Parliament for ten : And that
all his Declarations, Proclamations, Judgments,
Indictments, and Outlawries fhould be recalled and
made null before axiy Treaty was to be had with
him.

May 26. The Lord Vifco.unt Say and Sele report-
ed a Paper from the Committee at Dcrby-Houfi^
. which was read as follows :

Die Vencris May 26, 1648.

By the Committee of Lord* and Commons at Derby-
Houfe.

Information of c f^dered, That it be reported to both Houfes,
in Infurrretuon I - i \ • r^< • i •

intended in Lon- tnat this Committee having written to the

don, and the ad- General to take Care for Prevention of the Dangers,

jnFnou^f his that are imm'nent from the Infurre&ions and Dif-
M»jefty. tempers of the People in feveral Counties adjacent ;

the Lord-General hath defired, that, to enable him
to it, the Forces in the Tower and the Afrivs may
be free to follow his Order for it : To offer it,
thereupon, to the Confideration of the Houfes, if
thofe Forces be made ufe of to that End, how the
Houfes may fit fecure.

« That whereas this Committee formerly report-
ed to the Houfes, that there was a Confpiracy car-
ried on in and about London, under an Oath of Se-
crefy ; that we have received feveral Informations
fmce, that the faid Confpiracy is ftill carried on ;
that the Committee of the Militia of London fent to
this Committee a Copy of that Oath of their Aflb-
-ciation, which is hereunto annexed.

« We

•f ENGLAND. 175

* tVe have alfo Intelligence, that, on Tuefday An. ^ c«.
next, there will be a Meeting at Black-Heath of the t *
Kentijh Men ; the fame Day, of the S«rry Men at May.
Putney- Heath; and of the j^'* Men, at Wan/lead,
and that they had Intelligence one with another, as
we are informed.

« We are alfo informed, that the People about
Greenwich and Deptford are rifen, and have feifed
the Stores at Deptford'

The Copy of the OATH ofSECREsY.

iMprimis, // is covenanted and agreed by all the Par" •
ties to thefe Prefents, that all and every tif them
Jhall 'forthwith voluntarily take the Oath and Covenant
hereunto annexed, and fiall engage as many Friends ts
j-oin with them in the fame as pojfible may be.

Item, It is agreed that one or more Per fan or Per-
fans, Parties to thefe Prefents, for every PariJJ) or Pre-
dn ft Jhall be cleft ed to be Agents for the rejl, to UJl the
Names of fuch Perfons within their Parijhes as Jhall
voluntarily join with them in the faid Oath ; and theyy
from Time to Time, to hold Intelligence each with the
other , as Occafion Jhall require, for the Advancement of
the Defign.

We do voluntarily fw ear by the Holy Evangelijls,
and the Contents thereof, with our Lives and Fortunes
to maintain, preferve} and defend the true Protejlant
Religion ejlabiijhed by Law, the Laws of the Land,
the juji Rights and Prerogatives of the King's Majejly
and his SucceJJors, and the jujl Rights of his Subjifis ;
and alfo to be faithful, true, and jujl unto all Perfons
whomsoever here inter ejled, and faithfully to keep their
Secrets ; alfo faithfully and duly to objerve, perform?
and keep this Oath and Covenant, and above-recited
Covenant, Orders, and Ordinances ; and not to reveal
cr dif cover them to any but thofe who are or Jhall be
hereby engaged.

' J

The foregoing Report having been laid before
the Commons, they fent a Meflage to the Lords,
idefiring the fame might be communicated to the

Common

¥he Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. Common Councilof the City of London that Af«>
ternoon j which was agreed to, and done accord-

Next a Letter, and Papers inclofed, from the
Earl of Nottingham were read :

For the Right Hon. the Earl of MANCHESTER,
Speaker of the Houfe of PEERS pro Tempore.

My Lord9 Edinburgh, May 19, 1648.

' A Ccording to your Lordfhips Command, we
Forther Advices < £\ fa& communicate your Lordfhips Votes of

from the Com- i^tr7i-r i X • rr^n t

fhc 6th of May to the Committee of Jiltates here,
Scotland. the firft Day they fat, and therewith Sid give in

the inclofed Paper. We thought it was moft for
your Lordftiips Service to do our Endeavour that
they might be engaged to fome Anfwer, therefore
we did fend it alone; and deferred our Reply to
their Anfwer concerning the Perfons demanded
by us, and the Towns of Berwick and Carlijley
formerly fent your Lordfhips ; but hearing they
had put off their Debate upon the Votes, we
gave in our Reply, of which the inclofed is a
Copy. I have no more at prefent to add, but to
aflure your Lord (hip that I am,

My Lord,
four Lordjhip's mojl humble Servant,

NOTTINGHAM,

Paper delivered by the ENGLISH COMMISSIONERS
to the COMMITTEE of ESTATES above referred
to.

Edinburgh, May 15, 1648.

TTfT1 E have often declared to your Lordfhips
VV the unfeigned Defires of both Houfes of
the Parliament of England, to continue and pre-
ferve the Union and brotherly Agreement betwixt
them and the Parliament and Kingdom of Scot-

« land

^/ENGLAND. 177

land; and now it may appear to your Lordfhips An. 24 Car. I.
and all the World, how really they have endea-
voured it by their Refolutions here incSofed, which
we doubt not will give your Lordfhips Satisfac-
tion. We are to give an Account to both Houfes
of Parliament of your Lordfhips Acceptance of
what they herein do offer, which we hope your
Lordfhips will return to us with all convenient
Speed.'

By Command of the Comm'tjjioners of the Parliament
of England,

THO. READ.

Here follow the Votes of both Houfes of May 6,
concerning the keeping of the Covenant and Trea-
ties, and their Offer to join with the Proportions
prefented to the King XLHampton-Coiirt.^-Qui thefe
are already given at p. 130 of this Volume*

The ANSWER of the COMMISSIONERS of both
Houfes of the' Parliament of England, unto the
federal Papers of the fecond and tenth of May
Injlant, fent to them from the Honourable Parlia~
ment ^Scotland.

Edinburgh, May 18, 1648.

"D Y your Lordfhips Paper of the fecond of
*** May Inftant, (in anfvverto ours of the igth
and 29th of April] which yet we did not re-
ceive till the loth, you are pleafed to inform "us,
That the Perfons remanded are not within this
Kingdom, and therefore you think it not necejfary
to inji/t upon giving the Reafons of your Lord/hips
former Anfwer, but offer us a Conference about it :
To which we muft reply, That, by the fame
Reafons, it is not neceflary to have any Confe-
rence upon it ; but however we fhall not wave a
Conference concerning the aforefaid Papers, if
your Lordfhips fhall defire it, yet we wifhed it had
been offered to us before thofe Gentlemen took
their Journey from hence, fo much to the Preju-
dice of England \ when (as we fhoilld not have
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Aa. .4 Car. I.

Parliamentary HISTORY

dotibted to clear the Juftice of our Dcnr.r.nds fo)
we might have had Hope to reap the Fruit of it,
in having tnofe Perfons delivered to us, which
might have prevented much Mifchief that hath
and may happen to both Kingdoms.
* For your Lordfhips Paper of the icth of May
Inftant, in anfwer to ours of the 2d and 9th of
May, as to that Part wherein your Lordfliips are
pleafed to fay, That we bad^ in a former Addrtjs
to you, informed jsur Lordjhips that Guards were
kept in Berwick upon Tweed ; we affirm, if your
Lordfliips will pleafe to perufe that Letter, it
will appear that we did not inform your Lord-
(hips that any Guards were there ; but only a
Watch ofTownfmcn, which, by the Laws of the
Kingdom of England, every Town may keep ;
die Scope of our Letter being only to aflure your
LorJfhips, that there were no Guards or Shew of
Hoftility in a Garrifon there, it being the Refo-
lution of the Parliament of England, and of us
intruded by them, not only to keep the Treaties
bet-.vixt the Kingdoms inviolable, but to avoid
every thing that might have the leaft Appearance
or a Breach ; and Therefore, altho' at that Time
the Mayor and Officers of Ber-wick did give
Charge to the Watch, that, during the Time of
the then intended Horfe-Race, no Man that had
been in Arms againft the Parliament fhould come
into the Town ; yet, becaufe we heard that fome
Members of the Parliament were unfatisfied with
it, to avoid Offence the faid Watch was laid
down. This being the Truth, whatever we ma)'
fuffer at the prefent by the furpriiing and hold-
ing of Bern::ck and Carlifitj yet our honeft and
fmcere Intentions herein, we are aflured, is
acceptable to God and all good Men ; and we are
confident will, by God's Blefling, in the IfTue,
be of more Advantage than if we had, unde1 hand,
carried on private, unworthy^ and unrighteous
Defigns, againft our Agreement with this King-
dom, to get them taken and held v.'ithout your

4 Lord-

of E N G L A N D:

* Lordfhips Confent, although it had been to no An

* other End but to prcfepve them from thofe who
4 have been in Arms againft us ; and who, as they
c have hitherto been, fo will a^ain be found to be

* the real Enemies of both Kingdoms. .

' As to that Part of the Anfwer your Lordfhips

* are pleated to give us, That when you Jhall . le.cer-

* tainly informed by what Perfons^ and by what Authi-
' r//y, thofe Plates are-feized upon and garrifonedy we
' may be confident that this Kingdom will do tkere-

* upon what is jufty fit, and agreeable to tb'e
' Solemn Covenant and Treaties ; and upon this cr

* any other Thing elfe • we have in Command from the
' two Houfes, your Lord/hips are ready to appoint

* fame to confer with us j we muft confefs this An-

* fwer feemed very ftrange to us, when our Papers^
' to which your Lordfhips c!id relate, aflfured your

* Lordfhips that they were fuch Perfons a? were
' Enemies to the Parliament and Kingdom oiEng-

* land; and thofe being Englijh Towns, if we had

* faid no more, confidering the Ties that are be-

* twixt thefe Kingdoms, although there had beer*
' no Treaties betwixt us concerning thefe Towns,'

* yet we conceive this had been fufficient Grounds,

* in our faid Papers of the 2d and gth of May,
' for our Demands ; but we did more particularly
' tell your Lordfhips, that they were fuch as- went
" from this City of Edinburgh to take and feize

* them, and fome of thofe whom we had, in the

* Name of the Parliament rf England'^ demanded

* of your Lordfhips whilft they were here j and al-

* though we cannot imagine but the . particular

* Names of thofe Perfons are much better known

* to many in this City than to us, feeing thofe inf

* CarliJJe and Berwick have frequent and free Re-*

* courfe hither, even the Commanders in thefe

* Towns ; yet we (hall more particularly acquaint

* your Lordfhips, as we are credibly .informed^

* that of thefe we have demanded, Sir Ala'rmaduke

* Langdale did feize Berwick^ and commands the

* Forces there and thereabouts in Chief; and tha?

M ?,

*fhe Parliamentary HISTORY

with him there is Col. George Wray, and many
fuch like that have been Papifts in Arms j and that
Sir Philip Muferave hath taken and holds Car lifts,
and that with him is Capt. Wogsn and his Troop;

* which, :.s to the Pcrfons, we hope will give your
' Lordfhips Sati;fu£tion : However, we conceive it
' was altogether unneceffary, further than to an-
' fwer your Lordlhips Query in our Papers ; for if

* thofe Towns be taken, feized and held, as they
' are, contrary to the Treaties, it is a Breach in
' any whom foe ver.

' For your Lordftiips Defire to know by what

* Power and Authority thefe Places are feized upon
' and garrifoned ; although we cannot anfwer it in

* the Affirmative, yet we may fatisfy your Lord-
4 (hips in the Negative, that no Power on Earth,
' without the Conient of the Parliament of Eng-
' land, can give a lawful Warrant to take or hold
' thefe Towns of Berwick and Carlijle, they being
' to remain difgarrifoned by A6t of Parliament j

* whereof we need not to give further AfTurance to

* your Lordfhips, the fame Act being likewife paf-

* fed in this Kingdom.

c For the Conference upon this Bufuiefs offered
' by yo-ur Lordftiips ', altho' we conceive nothing

* can be objected againft thefe clear Matters of

* Fa&,yet we {hould willingly accept of it, but that

* it muft make a Delay which we have no Reafon
« to occafion on our Part, when to the Stores of
' Arms and Ammunition, which are already brought
' to Berwick and Carlijle^ mentioned in our former
« Papers, altho' not taken Notice of by your Lord-

* fhips in your Anfwer, we are credibly informed
« that feveral Pieces of Ordnance are now going

* out of this Kingdom to Berwick ; which if your

* Lordftiips do not allow, as we are confident you

* will not, we hope you will not only ufe Means to
' prevent, but now, without further Delay, make

* fuch Declaration againft thofe that now hold the

* faid Towns of Berwick and Carlijle, and their Ad-

* herents, as will make it appear to the World that

* your

of E N G L A N D. 181

*• your Lord{hips are refolved to keep inviolably the An. 24 Car. r.
c Solemn Covenant and Treaties betwixt the King-,
* doms of England and Scotland.

By Command of the Commijfionen cf tie Par-
liament ^England,

THO. READ.

May 27. A Letter from Col. Hammond to the
Committee of Safety was, this Day, communicated
to the Lords and read in that Houfe.

CariJbrook-Cq/lle, May 22, 1648.
My Lords and Gentlemen^

TP H E laft Night there came hither one Job A Letter from
-*•' Weal, a Phyfician, as he calls himfelf, living Co^- Ham«^nd,
at Kindlon upon Thames. He came hither with Security on he
Poft Horfes, pretending to come in great Haire King's P^rfon

from my Lord-General, employed by him to me and the \n("T*ec~
•D r r c L. • u n. r^ TJ tions in his Fa-

on Buhnefs of higheft Concernment. He vmm
counterfeits himfelf in a fainting Fit, by reafon
of hard riding, and that he would not declare hrs
Bufinefs to me till he had drank fo me hot Waters
to recover his Spirits ; which Preamble being ill
managed to this Bufinefs, made me fufpedl: him
to be a Knave, as I afterwards more plainly
found him : So foon as he feigned to come to
himfelf, he began to tell me that his Bufinefs
imporced the Safety of my Life, and, that which
was dearer to me, the great Charge in my Hands,
the Security of the Perfon of the King ; and that
to this End I (hquld immediately remove the King
to Portfmouth, to Major Lobb, to whom he had
Directions to receive him ; that otherwife the
King would be violently taken hence the next
Morning by Four o'Clock, and rnyfelf a dead
Man ; for to his Knowledge the Scheme was fo
laid; and it was thus : That there was a Fleet
of Ships at Sea, near the Coaft, that were to
come in between the Ifland and the Land-Shore
that Evening, who were to land in the Night ;'
and that great Numbers were to come out of tht>;
M 3 * main!

1 8 2 ¥be Parliamentary H i s T p £ y

main Land, pretending Occafions at a Fair which
was to' be kept at Newport oh the Morrow, wh 9
fhould afiifr. them ; and at the fame Time all the
'Beacons in the Ifland were to be fet on Fire, and
to raife the Country for 'the King; and if not,
to arriaz'e them with Fear, that fo they might the
better carry on their Defign, which there was no
Way to avofd, tut as he had given me Direc-
tion. When he had concluded his 'Tale, I en-
quired of him, Whether he had any Thing in
Writing to confirm it ? He told me, That this
InftVucTion to nie 'was' int'rufted to him to com-
municate only by Word of Mouth, 'but he had
Inftrucrions in Writing, quilted up in his Waiflr-
coat, for Major Lobb. I defired him tb let me
fee them, he told me his Order was only to com-
municate them to Major Lobb. I faid I muft
lee them ; he refufmg, I told him I apprehended
he had other Bufmefs here, and if he would not
immediately let me know it, I muft take another
Cou'rfe with him; whereupon I caufed him to
be ftricliJy fearched, and found only thefe Papers
about him ; that Letter from him, without Sub-
fci'iption or Direction, he faith was to my Lord
of Dover ; the reft Petitions and fome Notes of
InftruCt.ions of his own. When he found his idle
Plot would not take, and that he was difcovered,
he told me that he would deal ingenuoufly with
me, and would tell me truly: His Bujlneis was
principally, by this Means, to gain an Jn-
tereft with me, that he might fpeak ' with the
King, to procure Leave from him that the
County of' Surry^ from whom he was fent
to that Purpofe, might have his Majefty's Ap-
probation to chufe a Commander in Chief, under
whom to put their Couritry iri a Pofture of
Defence. Upon his Way he flopped a Poft go-
ing from Porijnioutb to London with this inclofed
Packet, which, if your Lordfhips pleafe, may
be fpeedily delivered, being about Victuals for
th^ Navy, I perceive by Difcourfe with him,
><• - - . • ''that

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* that he hath been a great Promoter of the Surry An. 14 Car. J.

* Petition, and an Agent of the Malignants there.

* My Lords, I take this Occaiion to let your
' LordJhips know that I wrote formerly to the Ge-

* neral for a Company t>r two of Foot more, for
' the better Security of this Ifland from any fud-
< den Accident that may happen from Sea, which
? it feems he hafh not thought fit to fpare : I de-

* fire your Lord (hips that, if you {hall approve of
' it, there may be another Company or two more

* raifed and maintained during this Occafion fome

* other Way ; and that fome Force may lie in
' Hampjhire near the Water-Side, in the Room of
' thofe lately removed thence, to be ready upon

* all Occafions to be tranfported hither; the

* two Companies to be paid out of the Remainder
' of the 30 /. per Diem I am now raifing ; but I '

* fear I fhall be much troubled with them in the

* Ifland, by reafon the Money comes not fo con-

* ftantly and duly as were to be wjfhed, for there

* is no keeping Soldiers in very good Order with-
' out Money before Hand, where there is no Free*

* quarters. I defire alfo that, for the better order-

* ing of thofe Companies here already, and to be

* raifed, and for my own Eafe, if you fhall think
' fit, that I may have a Major under me, and Pay

* allowed for him during this Occafion : I defire it

* may be Capt. Ralph, who hath a Company here
c already, who is an honeft, faithful, and careful
c Man, and who taketh a great deal of Pains and

* deferveth Encouragement. The Addition of

* Major's Pay to him will be little, and not worth
' fpeaking of j but fo much deferved by him, and
*• fuch an Ofi^cer is fo necelfary for me,- that maketh

* me beg of your Lordfhips it may be moved in the

* Houfe, if it cannot be btherwife done.

* Here is now but one Ship riding before this
' Ifland for the Guard of it, and the Captain of her
4 hath this Day fent me Word, that he is to go in
? to victual on IVcdnefday next. I defire that Care

M 4 * may

184 tfbf Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 14 Car. j. < may be taken, that we may not, in thefe
t l6*8' __, ' of Trouble, b.e without a Sea-Guard.

May' My Lord,

/ am your Lord/hips

Moft faithful and humble Servant 9
ROBt. HAMMOND.

A Copy of the intercepted LETTER to the Earl of
Dover, mentioned in the foregoing.

My Lord, ~Farnham^ May 2 1, 1648.

C I N C E I fpakc with your Honour, I was
with my Lord Fairfax at Windfor, and dif-
patched the Bufmefs with him, the particular Ac-
count whereof I will render, God willing, to the
County at their next Meeting. I could not get
from thence till about Four o'Clock on Sa-
turday, and, for want of good Horfes and a Guide,
I could not make Farnham until Six o'Clock on
Sunday Morning ; I thought it fit therefore to
take Poft Horfes and a Guide to Portfmouth.
You fnall have an Account fo foon as I can dif-
patch the Bufmefs with his Majefty. In the
mean Time I dedre your Lordfhip to communi-
cate to Sir Edmund Bowyer and Mr. Price as
much, as foon as poflibly you can ; and defire
them to ufe their Endeavours that Sir Richard
Onflow and Sir Ambrofe Brown may be intreated
to give a Meeting to the County in general,
the next Wednesday at the furtheit, on Epfom
Common by Ten o'Clock in the Morning ; and
that the County advife with them how they may
give Satisfaction to the Parliament concerning
the Petition, and what to do therein, and hereof
that they will not fail ; at which Time, God
willing, I will be there with Inftru&ions from
his Muiefty for qur fafe and fecure Proceedings,
and Saits'faclibn to all thole who (hall make any

* Objection

of ENGLAND. 185

Objection thereunto. And I befeech you that An. 24 c«. I.

Order may be taken that the Examination of the

County for their Injuries, and the true Caufe

thereof, upon Oath, may be ready againft the fame

Ti;ne ; and fo, in Poft Hafte, I remain, on the

Oath of a Soldier, Fide & Tadturnitate, your

Lordihip's Friend and Servant, to -command, for

my Country's and Country's Good; and the

Word is the Anagram of my Name, Obey Law.

JOB WEAL.

The fame Day, May 27, another Letter from
Col. Rain/borough^ Vice- Admiral of the Fleet, at
•Lftndanard-Fort, was fent to the Lords by the
Commifiioners of the Admiralty, and read as fol-
lows :

For the Right Honourable the COMMITTEE of
LORDS and COMMONS, for the Admiralty and
Cinque Ports.

Landguard-Fort, May 24, 1648.
May it pleafe your Lordjhips,

* nr* H E prefent Diftemper of this County Is Another from
' A fuch as hath put as fad a Face on Things as Ti"^dmil?1

T-I . ... i-iii T>'/I K?!Blborough,

* ever Lnglandixw ; and it hath begot a Diftemper concerning a D
' in the Fleet, which I am confident, though fome-ftftion of tl>€

' thing allayed a:t prefent, will be of as dangerous Flect*

c Confequences as any one thing befides, if this

* Gathering' be not, by fome Means or other,
' fpeedily fuppreffed.

' That which is the greateft Motive to the Dif-
' turbance pf the Seamen is, that thefe Parts are

* wholly for the King.

The Swan fet Sail Yefterday, being Convoy to
' the Hopeful and one fma'l'i VeiFel more, for Dub-

* I'm ; the Satisfaction itays here to convoy the
*' reft. We wonder exceedingly they come not

* away. The Complaints from the North are fo
' exceedingly great, that To-morrow, if the Men
' will be commanded to it, the Converting and

* Pr evidence go to the Wefhvard. The Wey-

' mouth

i86

An- 24 Car. I.

1648.

in Kent, for

tte Parliamentary HISTORY

mouth Pink is now fetting Sail to be Convoy of
the Ship Lady of London, laden with Ammunition
for Jfaymouth and Pendennis.
' A Line or two from your Lordfhips at this
Time might be of great Encouragement to many
among us. Of all other Things this Bearer will
give your Lordfhips a perfect Account. I am,
and fhall be till Death,

Your Lordjhips
Mojl humble and faithful Servant,

THO. RAINSBOROUGH.

The Lords ordered nothing to be done on this
Letter at prefent ; but two Days after, May 29,
we find this Confequence of it, that the Earl of
Warwick informed the Houfe he had received Let-
ters which were fent him from fome Officers in the
Navy, that they had difplaced Colonel Rainf-
borough from being Vice-Admiral.

Befides thefe Diforders in the Fleet, the Parlia-
ment were again alarmed with a formidable Petition,
figned by many Thoufands in the County of Kent^
and coming up to be prefented to both Houfes.
It was agreed to fend down a Committee of Lords,
and Commons, Natives of that County, to ftop its
Progrefs; and, during this Time a Perfon, pretend-
ing to be the Prince of Wales, was apprehended,
and fent up to the Lords with the following Letter.

A letter from the Mayor of Gravefend was
read, with an Examination of Cornelius Evans, who
pretended himfelf to be the Prince of Wales.

To the Right Hon. the Earl of MANCHESTER,
Speaker of the Houfe of LORDS in Parliament.

Gravefend, May 29, 1648.
May it pleafe your Honour,

c 'T'HE pretended Prince, lately landed ztSand-
* wich, was feized on by the EaJl-Kent Gen-

and, together with this Examination
4 taken

of ENGLAND. 187

taken by Mr. Mayor of Roche ft er, Tent us by them, An- »4 -Car. I.
with Inftrufiions to have him fafely conveyed ' '
and delivered to your Honours, that you may be
informed in the Prcmifes ; which, according to
our Duty, we humbly prcient to your mature
Conlideration, and reft,

Tour Lord/hip's humble Servants,

EDWARD BROMLING, GEORGE CLARK,
Mayor, WALTER HILL.

JOHN STERT,

lie EXAMINATION of CORNELIUS EVANS (*),
lorn at Marfeilles, taken before Philip Ward,
Efq\ Mayor of the City of Rochefter, and George
Newman, Efg-, one of his Majejiys Jujlices of the
Veace, the i%th o/May, 1648,

XT17 H O faith, < That about three Week*
'TV fmce, he, this Examinant, came from
his Lodgings in St. Catherine's, near the Tower of
London, the Houfe where he lodged being inhabited
by Nicholas Evans, Mariner ; and parted thro* the
County of Kent, to Dover, hoping there to have got
Paflage thence to MarfeiUes-, but not meeting any
Shipping there bound -for the Straits, and under-
ftanding that there were (hips in the Downs bound
thither, (after he had continued threeDays at Dover)
went from thence to Deal, hoping there to get
Paflage; and, in this Examinant's Journey thither,
going by a Caftle, near the Town of Deal, he took
Notice that a Gentleman with a Gentlewoman was
walking in a Garden near the faid Caftle, whom.
this Examinant, upon Enquiry, underftood to be
Col. Rainjborough, Governor of the faid Caftle, and
his Wife -, and this Examinant came to Deal to
the Houfe of one Mr. Beaker, at the Sign of the
Crown; immediately after his coming thither there
came three Seamen into his Company, who pre-

(a) His Father was Wtljb and hi» Mother French ; and thofe who
ki.ew him faid he was a common Cheat.

TbeMgderate Intclligtnetr, No. 167*

1 83 Tie Parliamentary H r s T o R Y

i. 24 Car. I. fently called for Beer ; and, defiring to drink with
*643- j this Examinant, prefled him to drink the King's
j^~. Health, which they all did ; and, upon Conference,
one of the faid Seamen belonging to Col. Rainf-
borougb" s Ship, whom this Examinant, upon Speech
with him, conceived to be the Coxfwain of the faid
Ship, told him, that he thought he knew him to
be the Prince ; and that Col. Rainfoorough had fent
him to this Examinant, wifhing him to fay that
he was the Prince ; and telling him, that if he
would fo fay, and take upon him to perfonate the
Prince, that the Prince would well reward him for
the fame, and would come over in a fhort Time ;
and thereupon prevailed with this Examinant to
afTent thereunto ; but after the faid Seamen were
departed from him, he, thinking with himfelf that
it might not be fafe for him to ftay and give out that
he was the Prince, refolved to {nun the fame, and
thereupon went from Deal to Sanduricb: And upon
this Examinant's coming along by the Sea-Side,
before he came into the Town he obfervcd a Ship's
Long-Boat, with divers Seamen therein, fome hav-
ing Piftols, and others Swords about them, rowing
very haftily towards Sandwich^ but before they
were ilanded this Examinant was got to the Bell
Tavern there ; and fo foon as the Seamen were
landed, they prefently came up to the Town
of Sandwich^ and declared about the Town that the
Prince was there ; and thereupon the Seamen and
Inhabitants of the Town came to the Houfe where
this Examinant was ; and the Seamen affirming that
he was the Prince, declared privately, that they
frame to take him (calling him the Prince) into their
Cuftody, to carry him on board their Ship; which
they fo did, as this Examinant conceived, the bet-
ter to beget a Belief in the Inhabitants of the Town
that he was the Prince indeed : And about an Hour
after this Examinant fo came to the Bell Tavern
in Sandwich aforefaid, one Captain Fojler^ inhabit-
ing in the faid Town, came to him ; and, upon
private Conference, told him of the confident Re-
port about the Town that he was the Prince, de-
firing

of ENGLAND.

firing to know the Truth thereof ; and this Exami- A
nant doth confefs that thereupon he did affirm that
he was the Prince, whereat the faid Capt. Fofler
ftood bare to him, and carried himfelf very civilly to
him ; but this Examinant then defired the faid Capt.
Fojler that he would not difcover that he was the
Prince; and thereupon the faid Capt. Fojler took
Order in the Houfe that this Examinant ftiould be
well accommodated, promifing to come to him the
next Morning, and departed for that Night; and,
in the next Morning, the faid Capt. Fojler^ with
the Mayor of the Town and Town-Clerk there,
came to this Examinant, and told him, that it was
reported about the Town, and known, that he was
the Prince, and that it could not be concealed; and
thereupon took an Examination in Writing from
him : And this Examinant ftill affirming himfelf to
be the Prince, thereupon the faid Capt. Fofter and
the Mayor of the Town defired to know, whether
he would go to one of their Houfes,or to the other;
and this Examinant making Choice to go to the faid
Capt. Fojler's Houfe, was carried thither according-
ly : But before he went from the Bell Tavern, and
not above two Hours before he firft came thither, he
was prefented by a Gentlewoman (whofe Name he
knows not) with an hundred Pieces of Gold and
three Bunches of Afparagus.

« And this Examinant further faith, That after
he came to the faid Capt. Fofter's, there came, at
feveral Times, two Seamen to him, one after ano-
ther, and told him that their Mafter, Col. Ralnf-
borough, remembered him to this Examinant, and
defired him to remember the Meflage which Col.
Rainsborougb had fent to him whilft he was at Deal,
and defired him to be refolute in affirming that he
was the Prince ; that Col. Rainsborough bid them
tell him, that it would not be long ere the Prince
came over, and that he would well reward this Ex-
aminant for the fame.

' And this Examinant further faith, That after
became to the faid Capt. Fo/ier's Houfe, in the

Afternoojtt

I

190 The Parlirtnetitaty Hi

An. 24. Car. I. Afternoon of that Day, he was invited by the Se'a-
. v ' * ' J men» wno tne Day before came with the.faid Boat
jjajr> off Sandwich^ to go with them in their Boat, that
they might (hew him Sport on the Water with a=
Dog which they had there ; and this Examinant
went with them accordingly, who, whilft he was
in the Boat, were all bare, and carried themfelves'
with all Refpect to him, as if he had been the Prince
indeed. And whilft this Examinant was in the
Boat, he obferved that it was faid amongft the Sea-,
men, that if Black Tom were there, now would be
the Time to hinder the Petition from going to the
Parliament. And this is all this Examinant can
fay, fave that the Seamen who fpake with him.
from Col. Rainsborongh, at Mr. Beaker's Houfe at
Deal, wifhed him to get a blue Ribbon, and to
wear the fame acrofs his Breaft.'

CORNELIUS EVANS.

The Houfe of Evans being then brought up to the Bar of the
Lords commit Houfe of Lords, the Speaker afked him, How he

Wales? He confeffed his Fault, ilefired Pardon for
it, and declared the Particulars to be the fame as he
had already confefled before the Mayor of Rocbefter :
Hereupon it was ordered that the faid Evans be
committed to Newgate, there to remain during the
further Pleafure of the Houfe, for taking upon him-
felf to be the Prince of (Pales; and that the Captain:
of the Guard do convey him fafely to that Prifon.

May 29. Pojl Mend. The Action of the Sea-
Officers in putting out Rainsbcrongb made the Par-
liament afraid of thorough Revolt, if they did not
ft°P ic- Thcfe of them who wrote to the Ear! of
Warwick about it, at the fame Time told him,
That they had chofen him for their Admiral ; which
the Houfes thought fit, by a publick Ordinance, to
confirm : And alfo gave him Power to give Indem-
nity to the Captains and Mariners who had
turned out the other. As an Evidence, however,

that

of ENGLAND. 191

that the Parliament did not think themfelves fafe, An. 14 Car. I.
they made an Order, this Day, That the Commit- . l648' _,
tee for the City Militia fhould take Care, from ."^
Time to Time, to fend fuch Forces as they thought
fit, or the Parliament gave Orders for, as afufficient
Guard to both Houfes.

June i. A Letter from Col. Hammond was read.

. For the Right Hon. the Earl of MANCHESTER,
Speaker of the Houfe of PEERS pro Tempore.

CariJbroke-CaJlle, May 29, 1 648.
My Lord,

f\ N Account of the great Truft your Lord~CoJ Hammo|ld.|1
^ fhips have been pleafed to repofe in me, I Account of the
take the Boldnefs to acquaint your Lordfhips ofKing's intended
a Defign, cunningly laid and carried on
to Perfection, for the King's Efcape from this
Place, which was the laft Night, being the fet
Time for putting it in Execution, by the Bleffing
and Goodnefs of God prevented. It was thus :
Through the Corruption and Naughtinefs of two
Gentlemen attending on the King, Mr. Of-
borne and Mr. Dowcett, three Soldiers were fub-
orned and dealt with to affift in his Efcape, who
were to be on Duty, at the King's Window, at
the Time appointed ; Mr. Dowcett was to be
accommodated with Cords to convey him down
the Caftle Wall, and then the Out-line, after htf
had let himfelf through his Window, to be pre-
pared ; Centinels were to be his Guide to his
Horfes, which were ready provided and laid at a
convenient Place within Mufket-Shot of the
Works ; and Mr. Osborne and one Mr. IVorJley
of Gatcombej a young Gentleman of this Ifland,
were to conduit him to a Creek, where alfo, at
the fame Time, lay ready a Boat to tranfport
them into the main Land, into a Place where, as
is confefled by one whom I have apprehended,
there were Horfes to convey the King whither he
pleafed,

« This

192 *The Parliamentary HISTORY

u z4 Car. I. ' This Defign hath been long in hand, but kept
from me liil Ycfterday, the Day before the Night
it ihould have been acted, when two of the Sol-
diers, v/ho had been dealt with, came to me and
acquainted me with the whole Bufmefs ; which I
am confident, though I had had no Knowledge of it,
they would have found fome Difficulty in effect-
ing ; I fuffered and advifed them to carry it on, as
if I had not known it, that fo I might the better
difcover the whole Bufmefs, with the lefs Pretence
of Excufe to thofe unworthy Men who were to
affift the King in this Efcape ; but being over
curious in fecuring all Places in a more exact
Manner than formerly, Mr. Dowceit^ by happen-
ing on an unufual Guard, who at the firft appre-
hended them to be of his own Party, but upon
Examination finding other Anfwers than expect-
ed, made a Difcovery ; which, fo foon as I un-
derftood, I fecured Dowcett and a Soldier who
was the chief Inftrument in this Defign ; then
I fent after Osborne and Worjley to apprehend
them ; but they, finding they were difcovered,
fled in great Hafte to the Water Side, where their
Boat lay ready to receive them, whither they were
purfued; but they, as it feems, quitted their
Horfes, and turned them loofe on the Shore, and
themfelves efcaped in the Boat. I have fince ap-
prehended one John Newland of • Newport ^ whofe
Part it was in the Defign to act the Bufmefs con-
cerning the Boat. This Morning I find the
Window-Bar of the King's Bed-Chamber, looking
to the Centinels, appointed to be cut in two in
the Middle by Aqua Fortis.
c By this your Lordfhips may not only fee the
Dangers pair, but alfo may expect that nothing
will be unattempted that the Art of Man can find
out to perfect the King's Efcape ; which makes
me humbly bold to offer to your Lordfliips, if
you refolve it neceflary to continue the King in
this Place, that you would pleale to confider fome
better Way for his Security; either by appoint-
ing, to this weighty Charge, a Committee .of

* Parliament,

-of E N G L A N D. 193

* Parliament, as formerly, or otherwife as fliall An. 24 Car.

* feem beft to your Lordfliips. This I move not fo

* much to free iriyfelf from Burthen or Hazard ;
' truly, when I am commanded by you in your

* Service, I know no fuch Thing; but that Affairs
4 of fo great Concernment to your Lordfhips and
' the Kingdom may be better provided for, than

* by a Man fo unapt for fuch Weight as myfelf.
' In this I befeech your Lordfhips not to look back
' upon the Hazards and Difficulties it hath pleafed
c God alone to carry me through in this your Ser-
' vice j which if the Recital of them to your Lord-

* fhips might not toojuflly feem my Vanity, I

* fliould trouble your Lordfhips with a Relation that

* would fpeak them not few nor ordinary, and thence

* to pafs a Judgment for future ; but to confidejf
' they are like to continue, and accordingly to pro-
' vide as to your Wifdoms fliall feem beft.

' The next thing which I (hall make my humble

' Suit to your Lordfliips, and which is fo juft as I

* am furevour Lordfliips will not deny, is that you

* will pleafe to order fuch Provifion for thofe Gen-
6 tlemen attending the King, who have and do ftill

* faithfully and honeftly ferve you here, and that

* with no fmall Hazard, in fome Meafure anfwer-

* able to their Merit and the Truft in their Hands}
' at leaft that they might not have Caufe to think

* themfelves neglected, and fo rendered more liable

* to Temptation, which they cannot want. I have
4 often written of this Particular, and as yet nothing

* is done in it, which makes me now the more bold

* thus to prefs your Lordfliips.

* My Lords, if your Lordfliips fliall fee fit lori-

* ger to continue this heavy Weight wholly upon
•* me, feeing I may not be admitted to wait on

* your Lordfhips at this Time, I humbly beg that

* you would pleafe to fend down fome Perfons hither

* whom you may truft, that may bring back an
' Account of the true State of this Place, that fo
' better Security may be added to it in divers Par-
•* ticulars, too long and troublefome now to relate j

* to fignify unto me your Lordfliips Plcafure con-

: . VOL. XVII, N * earning

1 94

*fke Parliamentary M I s T o & ¥

An. 14 Car. I. « cerning the Perfons afore-mentioned, now in Cuf-*
v Ifi4j' , ' tody for this Matter.

Jun«. ' ^ty Lords, I defire to receive your Lord-

* fhips Commands, and ever to obey them as
•4 becomes, My Lord,

Your Lord/hips moft faithful

and humble Servant^

RO. HAMMOND.

To this Letter the Lords agreed to fend the fol-
lowing Anfwer.

£ / £, Wejiminflertjuru i, 1648.

For which the ' np H E Lords have commanded me to give you
Thanks for your great Care in the Dif-
charge of that Truft committed to you ; and to
aflure you they will be ready, upon all Occafions,
to exprefs their Refpects for you, and will not
omit to prefs for thofe Supplies mentioned in
your Letter. Thus, with my Refpe&s to you,
I reft,

Your loving Friend,

MANCHESTER,

Speaker of the Houfe of

Peers.

The fame Day a Petition from the City of Lon-
don was prefented to the Lords and read.

To the Right Honourable the LORDS in the High
Court of Parliament ajjembledy

'The HUMBLE PETITION of the Lord Mayor , Aider"
men^ and Commons of the City o/"_London, in Com-
mon-Cumcil a/embled,

A Petition from
the Lord Mayor
&c. of London,

i>heweth9

* "T1 HAT your Petitioners, fitting in Common-

•' •*• Council upon the Affairs of the City, had

* there prefented unto them, by divers w«ll-arFecl-

* ed

&f ENGLAND.

.* ed Citizens, a Petition, a true Copy whereof is "An. 24. Car.

* hereunto annexed; which being openly read, and 5*8'

* ferioufly cortfidered of, they did apprehend that

* the fame did contain feVeral Things of great and
c good Confequence, worthy due Confideratibn, to
5 the Prefervation of the Parliament, and the Set-
' tlement of the Peace and Welfare of the People,
" Kingdom and City ; and therefore thought fit to
' prefent the fame to this Honourable Houfe, and

* humbly pray your Honours to take the fame into

* your Confideration, and to do therein as, in
' your grave Wifdoms, you fhall fee fit*

M I C H E L L,

The Petition referred to in the foregoing.

3f0 the Right Honourable JOHN WARNER, Lord
Mayor of the City of London, and the Right
Worjhipful the Aldermen and Common-Council of
the fame, now affembled^

The HUMBLE PETITION of divers well-affeRed
Citizens^ and other Inhabitants within the City
of London,

Humbly Jheweth,

THAT your Petitioners, cut of a deep Senfe * . , _.
... <• i n~ -\ic /• • r i • •"•notnef frOffl

of the prelent and prefling Mifenes of this the cuiiens a/td
afflicted Kingdom, and particularly of this City lnhabitants,rela-
of London-, and likewife confidering the irhmi- S^^j^
nent Danger and Deftru£lion ready to fwallow up re£tion ih Kenf>
all Hopes of future Agreement, Peacej and Hap- their imprifone4
nefs, by a new engaging in a civil and bloody Aldermen> &c«
War ; the very Thoughts thereof do fo furprize
our Hearts with Apprehenfions of a general Ruiri
and Calamity, that we are neceffitated humbly to
addrefs ourfelves to this Honourable Court,
as the Reprefentative Body of this City, and moft
proper Means for us to apply ourfelves unto, to
defire your Concurrence as formerly, to join with
us in further Addreffes to the High and Honour-
able Houfes of Parl iament j for obtaining fuch
Na 'Remedy

The Parliamentary HISTGRV

^emedy of Grievances, and Aflurances frbm Daif-
gers» as the prefent Diftempers of the Times
ju^'y call for ; and which, as free-born Subject^

* having only the Glory of God, and the Peace

* and Prefervation of our Country in our Eyes and
c Aim, according to our Covenant, we may reafon-

* ably expect, as the Reward of our former Faith-
4 fulnefs, and Inducement to our further Service ;
' and do thereupon humbly offer to your ferious

* Configuration thefe Particulars following :

1. ' We do, with all Thankfulnefs, acknow-
« ledge the great Care and Wifdom of this Ho-

* nourable Houfe, in contributing your beft Aflift-

* ance for a Perfonal Treaty with his Majefty and

* the Parliaments of both Kingdoms, whereby a
4 right and good Underftanding may be gotten be-

* twixt them, Religion may be fettled, and the

* Happinefs of his Majefty's Royal Throne and
' Kingdoms, and of his People, may be firmly efta-
' blifhed according to the Covenant ; which as we

* daily hope and pray for, fo, by the Blefiing of God

* upon your faithful Endeavours, we defpair not to

* fee accompli flied. -

2. • That the Militia of the City of London,

* and of the adjoining Counties on both Sides the
« Thames, viz. Mlddlefex, Hertford, Effex, Bucks,

* Kent, Surry, Suffex, &c. may be afTociated for

* the better Safety and Freedom of the Treaty

* abovefaid, and the Suppreffion of all Riots and

* Tumults.

3. * We humbly offer to your further Confide-
*' ration, to prefent to both the Honourable Houfes

' of Parliament, that Capt. Robert Batten may be ?

* Ipeedily reftored to the Command of Vice-Admi-
' ral of the Ships now at Sea in the Parliament's
4 Service, as formerly.

4. * As we cannot but, with Grief of Spirit,

* look upon the fudden and unexpected Diftempers,
« now rifen in the County of Kent, and the fad
« Conicquences which the fame, if not fuddenlf

* prevented, may produce, to the exceeding great

* Detriment of this City and of the whole King-

' doinj

of E N G L A N D. 197

* don); fo we cannot but (in Tendernefs to our A«. 14 Car. I,
Brethren and FcllowrSubjects of that Country, l6^
whofe late AiTociation wiih this City, to the great , ^
Service of the Parliament, we cannot forget) be-
come humble and earneft Petitioners to this Ho-
nourable Court, that you would be pleafed in
your great Wifdom, to find fome fpeedy Expedient
to prefent to the Honourable Houfes of Parlia-
ment, for appeafmg the fame by Way of Accom-
modation, and not by any Engagement in Blood j
having Regard rather to their former Services,
than to the prefent Diftempers which they may
be engaged in by other Provocations, and not
from any Difiatisfa&ion to, or Defertion of, the
Parliament.

5. ' And lajlly^ We hope it will not offend this
Honourable Court, if your Petitioners once agairj
remind you of thofe worthy Aldermen, Members
of this Court, now in Difpleafure of the Houfes
of Parliament, whofe Acquittal and Enlargement
we humbly pray may be thought fit to .be infifted
on as a confiderable Branch of our Petition.
' All which we the Petitioners humbly fubrnit
to your grave Wifdoms, and earneftly pray for
your prefent Help and Afliftance in furthering
thefe, or fuch of thefe, Particulars, and of all fuch
other Means as your Wifdoms (hall judge fitting
for the Peace and Happinefs of the Kingdom in
general, and particularly of this City of London^
and the Security thereof; in the Purfuance of all
which the Petitioners, by God's Afliftance, are
refqlved effectually to join with and affift you
unto their utmoft Abilities.'

And your Petitioners Jball daily prayt &c.

We find no Anfwer given by the Lords to thefe
Petitions this Day : Probably they were referred
to a Committee of Lords and Commons ordered
to go into the City : For,

June 2. The Earl of Pembroke reported, That

the Joint Committee were Yefterday at the Comr

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198 *£he Parliamentary HISTORY

^n. 14. Car. I. mon- Council of London, and made them a Narra*

*- *6*8' i tive °f ^e Proceedings of both Houfes concerning

June. *^e Kenti/h Bufmefs ; to which the Common-

Council returned an Anfwer, fpoken by Mr. Al-r

derman Gibbs ; which being in Writing, was read

as follows :

At lie Common-Council ', June i, 1648.

I. e HP|H>E Common-Council did acknowledge
rf thf Common5. the veiT great Condefcenfion and Patiencq

Council in regard of the Honourable Houfes, in fending their own
to the Commo- Members to the City, to acquaint them with their
tions in cnt. proceedings in Kent, for which they return their

humble Thanks.

2. ' That, by what was done, it did appear to
all, that if any Blood was (hed in Kent, they
were the Caufers of it themfelves who refufed the
Offers made to them by the Parliament and their
General.

3. * They defire that the Houfes would publifjj.
in Print their Proceedings, that their Fellow-Ci-
tizens and all the World may receive Satisfaction,
as themfelves had received.

4. ' They defire that the Paper that they pre<-
fented, may be alfo printed to prevent

Accordingly the Lords ordered^ That the Pro-
ceedings of the Committee, with the City's An-
fwer, be printed and publifhed: And that the Votes
of the 6th of May, fent into Scotland, be printed,
and fent, with the Ordinance againft Blafphemy,
to the CommiflioHers in Scotland, by the Commit-
tee at Derby-Houfe, that fo they may be published
jn that Kingdom,

The fame Day, 'June 2, the Earl of Warivlck
"being come back from the Fleet, delivered in to the
Lords divers Papers, containing a Narrative of his
going into the Downs, in order to take Pofleffion
pf the Navy, as Lord High-Admiral of England.
Papers were read as follows :

A REPRESENTATION

tf ENGLAND. 199

An. 24 Car. I.

A REPRESENTATION of the Proceedings of the Earl ^ ' t

of WARWICK, Lord High- Admiral, in order to T^
the reducing offuch Ships in the Downs as have re*
voltedfrom the Parliament's Obedience,

I S Lordfhip having received his CommikTheEarlofWar-
fionon^m%the29thof May, at Night , J^^eT

* did the next Day begin his Journey j and going in the Fleet.

* by Land to EaJl-Tilbury , in EJJex, embarked

* himfelf in the Nicodemus Frigate, commanded
' there to attend his Lordfliip's coming j and, on
' the 3 1 ft, about Ten in the Morning, came into

* the Downs with the Flag in the main Top.

' When the Nicodemus was off the North-Fore-
4 land, and the Hind Frigate was difcovered to
' make towards her ; and before the Nicodemus^
' who was at Anchor, came up to her, fome
' aboard the Hind hailing the Nicodemus, upon

* hearing that the Earl of Warwick was aboard>

* did falute his Lordfliip with 17 Guns, which the
' Nicodemus anfwered with feven Guns j his Lord-

* fhip interpreted that Entertainment as an Argu-
' ment of their Intentions to fubmit unto the Par-

* liament's Authority, though his Lordfhip did
' much doubt the fame, for that the Flag was
' kept up in the main Top of the Reformationt
' notwithftanding his Lordfliip's Approach, as it

* was alfo continued during all the Time of his
' Lordfhip's Stay. Shortly after there came aboard

* the Nicodemus, out of the Hind Frigate, in one
' Boat, Capt. Harris, of the Swallow ; Capt. Pen-

* roff9 of the SatisfacJion-, Lieut, Laivrence, of the

* Swallow; in another Boat, two Kentijh Gentle-

* men, "viz. Capt. Richard Bargrave and Capt.
' Hammond, who termed themfelves Commiflioners
' from the County of Kent; and, with them,
' Major Hemme, the Boatfwain, Carpenter, and
' Gunner's Mate of the Conftant Reformation^
' wherein the V ice-Admiral did lately ferve ; and
' divers others afterwards coining aboard, his Lord-

* (hip had Notice by Capt. Penrofe and Capt. Har-

* n>, that; till the Night before, beina; Tuefday^

N 4 ' thj?

too The Parliamentary HISTORY

An.24 Car. I. f the Seamen were refolved to fubmit to his Lord,-

l64 ' t ' frip.j but then one Bargrave, Dean Bargrave*s

* [of Canterbury} Son, who had been eminently

* active againft the Parliament, with another Cap-r

* tain of the King's, was admitted aboard the Re-
' formation ; and had infufed fuch defperate Princi-

* pies into the Seamen, that they wholly deferted

* their former Refolutions, and were refolved not

* to admit his Lordfhip aboard without his En-
' gagement with the Kentifl} Gentlemen.

* Bargrave and Hammond, coming to his Lord-

* {hip into the Captain's Cabbin, fuggefted that

* the Seamen had, by folemnOath, engaged in the
' Kentijh Engagements ; and that it would be ex-
' peeled before his Admittance aboard the Refor~

* motion, he fhould engage with them ; and there-

* fore defired his Teftification thereof under his

* Hand, to the end it might be (hewed to their
c Committee in Kent. His Lordfhip profefled his

* earneft Defire of a fafe Peace betwixt his Ma-

* jefty and the Parliament, and that he would ufe
"his beft Endeavours in that Behalf j but refufed
' to iign any fuch Engagement : And they leaving

* it to hisLordftiip to confider thereof, he did, af-
' ter their withdrawing, refolve on this Anfwer :

* That he came down, by Command of the Par-

* liamenr, to receive the Fleet into his Charge :
' that he had only to do with the Seamen ; that

* the Truft repofed in him had no Relation to the

* Bufmefs in Kent ; and that therefore he would

* not take Cognizance of any Thing they pro-

* pofed j yet, withal, to offer to them to give what

* they had to fay in Writing, upon which his
' Lordfhip intended to make Anfwer to the Pur-
' port as aforefaid, and tranfmit the fame to the
' Houfes ; but they afterwards, on the PropofaJ

* thereof, alledging that they could rot give any

* Thing in Writing without Warrant from their

* Committee, his Lordfhip gave them Anfwer by
' Word of Mouth to the fame EfFecl.

' After this, \vithrfnnving from the Cabbin, his

* Lord&ip applied himfelf to Ma;or Hcmme, (who

' fays

of E N G L A N D. 201

* fays he was invited by the Ship's Company An. 24 Car. I.
£ aboard the Reformation] and to the Officers of t l6*8' f

* that Ship, letting them know that the Parliament June,

* had intrufted him as Lord High-Admiral to take

* the Fleet into his Charge ; and had given him
' Power to indemnify fuch of the Mariners as fub-

* mitted to his Command : They, in Anfwer there-
' to, infifted upon the Remonftrance of theirs, dated

* the 28ch of May Inftant j whereby they declared

* they had unanimpufly joined with the Kentijh

* Gentlemen in their Petition to the Parliament to
? thefe Purpofes :

1. c That the King's Majefty was, with all Ex-
' pedition, to be admitted, in Safety and Honour,
< to treat in Perfon with the two Houfes of Parlia-
' ment.

2. ' That the Army, now under the Command

* of the Lord Fairfax, be forthwith difbanded,

* their Arrears being paid them.

3. ' That the known Laws of the Kingdom.
, may be eftabliflied and continued.

4. * That the Privileges of Parliament and the

* Liberty of the Subject may be preferved : Which

* Particulars the faid Officers urged, as that which
' the Company would expect before his Lordlhip'k
' Admittance aboard.

' To the firjl of thefe his Lordfhip anfwered,

* That the Parliament had pafTed fome Votes con-

* cerning a Perfonal Treaty, wherein his Confent

* was involved.

c To the fecond, That as foon as fuch a Treaty

* as the Parliament fhall agree upon {hall have pro-

* duced a fafe Peace, his Lordfhip fliould join his
' Endeavours to take off whatever might be a
« Charge to the Kingdom ; but that prefent Dif-

* banding, as Affairs now ftand, might hazard the
' Parliament, and confequently fubject to Danger

* the Proteftant Caufe throughout Chriftendom ;
, e ancj, therefore, as to thefe firit Propofals, he mi;ft

' qualify his Anfwer as aforefaid.

4 To the two laft ; as to the Fundamental Laws,
f Parliament's Privileges, and Subjects Liberties,

* his

2O2 *The Parliamentary HISTORY

his Lordfhip fignified he would willingly concur-
His Lordfhip further urged, That they had no
Reafon to prefs him to any Engagement with the
County of Kent in their Petition, it not appear-
ing to his Lordmip what the Petition in Truth
is j he believing, withal, that the fame was de-
livered Yefterday, and doubted not but the Parlia-
ment had given fuch an Anfwer thereunto as was
meet; which, whether it were in the Allowance
or Difallowance thereof, it concerned not his
Lordftiip to intereft himfelf therein, for that it
would be ufelefs, if the Matters therein prayed
were already granted, and repugnant to the Par-
liament's Pleafure, if denied ; and therefore, be-
caufe he had only to do with the Seamen and
Fleet, his Lordftiip concluded he could, as to that,
give no further Anfwer. And did further let them
know, that it was his Intention to go aboard the
Reformation, and to receive the Fleet into his
Charge according to his Commiffton.
4 To this Major Hemme and other Officers re-
plied, That they would go aboard the Reformation^
and reprcfcnt, with Faithfulnefs, his Lordfhip's
Senfe, and bring their Anfwer; defiring that
Capt. Penrofe might accompany them, to teftify
their Carrriage in this Bufmefs.
* After fome Stay the faid Major Hemme and
Officers returned, and with them young Bargrave,
the other Captain, and divers more of the faid
Ship's Company, who delivered to his Lordfhip
the following Paper, defiring a Treaty betwixt
his Lordmip and the faid Gentlemen ; and ac-
quainting him he could be admitted aboard on
no other Terms.

May 30, 1648.

all dejlrc that the Gentlemen of Kent, in-
tcrejlcd about the Petition^ will plcafe to gfoe
l:s Lordfoiip a Toleration to pafe and rcpafs to fome
convenient Place cf Treaty on Shore ; and what
mviualh agreed upon., we fiall all heartily

of E N G L A N D. 203

pgree unto j and if they agree not, to have peaceable An> *4 Car-
Pajage aboard this Ship to go for London. t * ^'

Signed in the Name of all the Ship's Company, ju:;e
by their Confent.

J. HAMMOND.

* Capt. Penrofe returning with fome of the Of-
ficers and others, fet forth the Height of the Di-
ftemper aboard ; the Difcourfe among them con-
cerning (hooting at his Lordfhip's Flag, which
would have been executed, had not the Gunner
prevented it ; and their total Refolution againft
Compliance with his Lordfhip; young Bargrave
being then found aboard, and ftill encouraging
them, jointly and feverally, in Ways of Difobe-
dience with Promifes and Threats. This Paper
concerning a Treaty being read by the Earl, the
faid Mr. Bargrave and Mr. Hammond urged his
Lordfhip to go with them into Kent, in purfuance
of that Defire of a Treaty, promifing him Ac-
commodation and Security ; fuggefting the great
Opportunity that was now in his Lordfhip's
Hands to ferve the public Peace ; and befeeching
that, if he would not treat, (which his Lordfhip
declared he had no Commiflion to -do) yet he
would repair with them to Rocbejler^ that the
Committee there might manifeft to him the
Truth of their Proceedings : His Lordfhip would
by no Means confent thereunto, alledging that
he had no Commiflion in that Behalf, but refolv-
ed on this Anfwer :'

To the COMPANY of the Ship CONSTANT
REFORMATION.

Aboard the Nicodemus, May 31, 1 648.
J Received your Paper^ dated this Day, containing
•* your Defire about a Treaty betwixt myfelf and
the Gentlemen of Kent ; the fame being in Re-
turn of my Mejjage fent this Day concerning my
coming aboard the Conftant Reformation ; to which-
I anfwer, I am fent down by Order of both Houfes

°f

The Parliamentary HISTORY

^4 Car. I. of Parliament to take upon me the Charge of the Fleet,
__, and give Indemnity to the Captains and Mariners as I
""june Jhall fee Caufe ; which Indemnity I did accordingly of-
fer to all fuch Captains and Mariners of the Fleet
as Jhall f b nit to my CommiJJion : But having no Au-
thority to treat with the f aid Gentlemen^ I cannot con-
cur in that Defer e without fpecial Warrant^ but Jhall
fpeedily communicate your Paper to both Houfes ofPar-
iiamer.t^ and^ upon their Anfwer , Jhall proceed accord-
ingly ; and) till their Anfwer received, I defer e not to
be diJJurbed in my A bode up on the Vejfel wherein I now
am.

WARWICK.

' The Earl's Anfwer being delivered to the faid
Officers and Mariners, then aboard the JVrVa-
demuS) who were alfo chofen by the Reforma-
tion's Company to receive his Lordfhip's Anfwer,
and to return fuch Refolutions thereupon as they
fhould fee Caufe, they excepted againft his Lord-
(hip's long Stay ; his carrying away of the
Nicodemus ; his wearing the Flag in the Main
Top ; and declaring that either he muft go up in
a fmall Ketch, then attending at the Downs^
or elfe they would fet him aftiore to go up by-
Land ; and at laft offering to let him have the
NicodemuS) upon the Engagement of his Ho-
nour that he would return her to them ; prefiing
him withal to haften up and reprefent to the two
Houfes their Defires j or that his Lordfhip, or
fome other Commiflioners, might be fent to treat
with the Gentlemen of Kent ; and at lalt deliver-
ed his Lordfhip this Anfwer :

My Lord,

CT'H E Defers of the Company is, That your Lord-
•*- Jhlp would be plea fed to return to the two Houfes
•if Parliament^ and fegnify unto them the unanimous
Confent and AJJociation of the Fleet with the Gentle-
men of the County of Kent in order to thofe Ifonejl

and

• of E N G L A N D. 20$

tnd juft Demands mentioned in theirs and our Petition 'y An. 24. Car. I.
and that they are refolved not to feparate themfelves ^ ' _,
from the faid Gentlemen^ by taking an Aft of Indemnity j^,'
apart ', or £y enering into any Treaty without their Pri-
vity and Confent ; befeeching your Lordjbip to ufe your
moji effectual Endeavours to move the two Houfes for
a fpeedy Settlement of the Kingdom according to the
Covenant.

Signed in the Name of all the Ship's Company,
by their Confent,

J. HAMMOND.

e After this the Seamen continued to exprefs
their Refolutions that his Lordfhip fhould not
have the Nicodemus, being provoked thereunto by
Bar grave and Hammond -y till the faid Hammond
was prevailed with to urge it, from feme Reafons
offered by his Lordfhip, viz. the Seamen's Invite-
ment of his Lordfhip down, and their own En-
gagement by their Paper of this .Day, that if his
Lordfhip and the Gentlemen of Kent did not
agree, he might return to London in his own Ship:
Which convincing the faid Hammond, he was
prevailed with to deliver his Senfe to the Seamen
in his Lordfhip's Prefence, and to declare his
Confent; they all concurred, yet with an Inti-
mation that they expected the VefTel to be fent
back again to them ; tho' his Lordfhip kept him-
felffree from any Engagement in that Behalf.
After this the Gentlemen, Officers, and Ma-
riners left his Lordfhip ; who, taking into Con-
fideration the Violence of the Seamen, the Un-
certainty of their Refolutions, and the lying of
the Nicodemus under the Command of the Ships
and Veflels, did £hortly after direct the Nicode-
mus to weigh Anchor ; and with her called off
the Ketch, who cut her Cable and followed ;
and his Lordfhip fummoned a Council of War,
where the following Refolutions were taken :

At

Tie Parliamentary H I s t d R ¥

At a Council of War, aboard the Nicodemus in thS
Downs, May 31, 1648.

PRESENT,
The Lord-Admiral, Capt. PENROSE,
Capt. MOULTON, Capt. PACY.

nEfelved and declared. That my Lord- Admiral hath
J- *• omitted nothing that could be done by his Lordjhip,
In order to the reducing ofthofe Ships of the Fleet now
at the Downs, that have revolted from the Parliament's
Obedience: And

That it is the Opinion of this Council of War, Tiwt
it is not fafc, nor any IVays conducing to the Parlia-
ment's Service, for the Lord- Admiral to Jlay longer
in the Downs, confidering the ^igh Dijiempers of
the Seamen j but that it is Jit for his Lordjhip fpee-
dily to repair to the Parliament, to give an Account
of his Proceedings and of the Condition of Affairs
here.

Off the North-Foreland, eodem Die.

TfT being conftdered whether the Nicodemus /hall
•* befent Wejlward or Northward, to give Advice ts
the rejl of the Fleet (not yet under Defection) of the
true State of Affairs at the Downs ; forafmuch as the
fame cannot be conveniently done without Notice taken
thereof by the revolted Ships in the Downs, which may
invite them to fend Ships after her, and fo give Oppor-
tunity to malignant Seamen to infufe and foment dan-
gerous Principles into the Minds ofthofe that may other-
wife keep to their Truji ; and for that fame of the
Seaman of this Veffel may, for ought is known, afl in
the like Kind, they being privy to the Height of the Dif-
tempers here: Refolved that it is the Opinion of this
Council of War, That his Lordjhip do fend up the Vef-
fel into the River of Thames, whereby thofe Incon~
veniences may be prevented, andjhe Jecured.

WARWICK, THOMAS PACY,

RoBt. MOULTON, Boatfwain MITCHELL.
FRANCIS PENROSE,

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« On the firft of June the Earl of Warwick being 'An, *4 Car.i.
near unto Tilbury-Hope, his Lordfhip heard of t * !' _,
fome Defeat given to the Kentijb Forces by the junf.
Lord Fairfax; whereupon, by his Lordfhip's
Directions, a Letter was written by his Secretary
to the Boatfwain of the Reformation, which run
thus :

Aboard the Nicodemus near the Hopey
June i, 1648.

T N our Way to London we heard of the Army'* '
•* defeating the Kentifh Forces, whereby will be dif-
covered to you and the reji of your Ship's Company the
Danger of your and their A flings againjl the Parlia-
ment, a, id confequently againjl the Peace of the King-
dom ; / have therefore thought it meet, upon Direction
from my Lord- Admiral, to let you know that, upon your
Submijfion to the Parliament's Authority, by rendering
the Conftant Reformation into his Lordjhip's Hands,
you will take the only Cottrfe to refcue yourfelves from
that Mifery and Ruin which will otherwife fall upon
you ; his Lordjhip intending to give Indemnity to none
of you that Jballjland out.

> I hope you will confider that the Parliament is in an
effectual Way of compofing the fad Dijlrattions of the
Kingdom, and to cffeft, in the beji and fafejl Way, the
•very Things that are contained in that Petition, where-
in you fay you have engaged ; and that fuch Interrup-
tions as you and the reft have given, are the great Ob-
Jlruflions of that Peace which you pretend to aim at.
Confider what I fay, remember your Trujl, and God
direfi your Hearts not to rejijl good Council, 1 reft
dejirous to bet

Your loving Friend,

WILLIAM JESSOP.

* Thip is the Subftance of what pafled in the
* Downs concerning the Ship Reformation, &c. over
' and befides many violent and mutinous Threat-
and diilempered ExprdSons of the Gentle-

* men

An. 24 Car. I.

. 1648.

June.

7%e Parliamentary H I s T 6 R Y

e men and Mariners aboard, which are too long t<s
c be fet forth in Writing.

ROB. MOULTON.
FRANCIS PENROSE.
THO. PACY,

jP. 5. ' The Ships left at the Downs are, the Re-
formation ; the Swallow, Capt. Leonard Harris 5
the Satisfaction, Capt. Penrofe, who is come up
from his Charge in Duty to his Truftj the
Hind Frigate, Capt. Richard Saljlonftall ; tlJe
Roebuck^ Capt. Robert Nixon ; the Pelican, whof*
Commander hath deferted her. ^

' His Lordfhip hath alfo, this Morning, con-
fulted with the Commiflioners of the Navy, and
others, what will be moft fit for him to do, in
order to the reducing of fuch. Ships as are under
Defection, and the conforming to the Parliament's
Obedience fuch as have not yet engaged.

After reading all thefe Papers, the Lords ordered
that they be communicated to the Houfe of Com*

Lord Fairfax's
Account of his
Victory over the
Army raiftd by
the Kentifh
Gentlemen.

The Confternation the Parliament was in, at this
Time, was not much leflened by the following
Accounts, which were this Day, June. 3, read in
the Houfe of Lords ; notwithftanding the firft of
them feemed much in their Favour.

To tie Right Honourable the Earl of MAN-
CHESTER, Speaker of the Houfe of rEE&s pr»
Tempore, at Weftminfter.

Maidflone, June 2, 1648.
My Lord,

T T having pleafed God to. give us a Vidlory
• againft thofe, who, without and againft the
Authority of Parliament, raifed an Army, I held
it my Duty ~to give your Lordfhips an Account
thereof in brief, Time not permitting me at pre-

*fenf

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fent to give the Particulars at large : The Eri- Am 24 Car. r.
gagement with them begun the laft Night about t |648- ^
Seven of the Clock, near Maidjlone, and conti- ' junt(
nued a very hot and fierce Difpute until after
Twelve, before we could be Matters of the
Town: The Enemy, by reafon of the continued
Supplies which they received from their Forces
by the Paffage over Ayksford, were enabled to
difpute every Street and PafTage; the choiceft of
their Forces, as we underftand, were appointed
for this Service, and the Lord Goring command-
ed them as General. There were about 200 of
the Enemy flain, many wounded ; about 960
Prifoners, 400 Horfe, eight Pieces of Cannon,
and great Store of Arms and Ammunition, taken.
Sir William Brockman and others of the Gentry are
Prifoners. As God hath been pleafed in Mercy
to give you this Victory, fo I defire that we may
return all Thankfulhefs unto him for it. I {hall
(as God (hall enableme) improve this Advantage,
and remain,

Your Lord/hip's bumble Servant,

FAIRFAX.

A LETTER from Sir THOMAS BERNARDISTON,
one of the Committee appointed to gs into Suffolk.

To my Honoured Friends Sir Nathanael Bernardifton
and Sir Philip Parker, Knts, Sir William Spring,
Bart. John Gurdon, Nathanael Bacon, and
Francis Bacon, Efqrs*

Ketton, May, 31, 1648.
Gentlemen,

* T HIS inclofed I received juft now from an L

Alderman of Bury; by which you may fee to th" Di/hirl"8

* their and our Grounds of Fears, the Difaffecled in antes in Suffolk,
' thefe Parts keeping ftill their Meetings at New- &c-

* market, under Pretence of Horfe-Racing : Rujh-

* brook-Hall, near Bury, is the Place of their general

* Rendezvous, and there feafted by the "jermyn
Family. It doth very much difcontcnt and dif-
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2 1 o 7&? Parliamentary HISTORY

courage us who act for the Parliamentary Intereft,
that we yet hear nothing in Anfwer to our Let-
June. ters fr°m tne Committee of Derby- Houfe ; and
efpecially to that Particular of fecuring thofe that
were Commanders in the Town of Bury in this
Rebellion. It is our Wonder that they (hould
have Liberty now to ramble all over our Coun-
try. I profefs, were not my own Hands tied up
by the Agreement, (as a Soldier) I would fecure
them myfelf, and truft the Parliament for my In-
demnity ; but now I am difabkd, without Order*
from the Houfe.

« Gentlemen, I befeech you, m the Behalf of this
poor Country, to acquaint jhe Houfe with our
Fears, and obtain fome Order for their own and
our Safety, This Day Se'nnight we are to have
a general Meeting at Slow-Market^ where I de-
fire to have your Advice, with fuch Orders as
you {hall obtain for us. We are muttering our
Forees, both Horfe and Foo: ; many of the
Auxiliaries, I fear, are difaffecled ; we fliall en-
deavour to mend them by a new modelling of
them. I hope we fhall have the Encouragement
of the Houfe in our Endeavours for the Public
Safety, which will very much ftrengthen the Re-
folutions of,

Taur affeftionate Friends and Servants ,

THO. BERNARDISTON.

The LETTER frcm an Alderman of Bury, inclofed in
the foregoing.

To the Rt. Hon. Sir THOMAS BERNARDISTON.

5 / R, Newmarket , May 30, 1648.

THIS Morning, before I came out, I was
informed that the Duke of Buckingham and;
divers others came Yefterday to RuJhbrook-Hally.
where was a great Feaft, and divers Gentlemen
prefent; and this Day alfo, fince I came to New-
market, I underftand that all thofe Captains whiclv
5 6 wer

of ENGLAND.

were at Bury in the Time of the Meeting^ are An. 24 Car, I.
now irt Newmarkel^ which makes me and others
much fear that there is fome Hi fuddenly intend-
ed to our Town ; and how we mail oppofe them
I know not, unlefs you can think of fome Way
for our Help* I thought good, Sir, to give you
Notice thereof, praying the Lord that he would
be pleafed to direct you for that which may be
moft for his Glory and our Goodi
' Yefterday our Soldiers did mufter with us, and
we had about 140 that we dare truft; but they
want Experience. We conceive that Horfes
would be very ufeful. With my Service remem-
bered, I am bold to fubfcribe myfelf to be>
Tour Servant to Command*,

JOHN CLARKE.

A PAPER given In to the Committee at Derby-
Houfe by Sir Francis Pyle, and Mr. Packer.

E being informed of the levying of new
Forces, and fetting up a new Garrifon.in
the Abbey at Reading, there being already the
Garrifon of IVmdfir and Walllngford 'in this
County, (which new Levy caufeth a great Dif-
turbance in the County) do defire that a Letter
may be fent to the Committee of.Berh, to for-"
bear any fuch Proceedings ; and that the Works
at the Abbey may be flighted, according to a
former Order of June i, 1648, for the County of
Btrlu?

FRANCIS PYLE.
ROBERT PACKER.

Orders were given by both Houfes according to
the Defire of this Letter,

An Extratt of a LETTER from Mr. Rufhworth, the
General's Secretary, to Mr. Froft.

SIR, Maid/lone, June 2, 1648.

'. \X7E nave juft now Intelligence that the

* * * Enemy hath quitted Rockefter, and are

* drawn out towards Gravefend, with Intentions to

O 2 ' march

2 1 2 The Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. < march for Blackbeatb. Look to the City nnd South-
work; we will hafte all we can, but they hav£
« • •*

June.

the Start of us.

feoth Houfes ordered a joint Committee to go
to the Common Couricil of London, and know
the State of their Forces, and what may be expecl-
cd from them on this Occafion ; and the Time be-
ing preffing, they agreed to fit in the Afternoon of
this Day j but we do not find that any Thing more
\5 yet entered about it.

The Commons, this Dav, refolved that they
would proceed no further in ^their Impeachment :s

againft Sir 'Yohn Gnyre? Knt. late Lord flavor of
The Commons r j en /t i <~ i T i i "W

London^ Ibomas Aaatns^ John Langbam, and fames

Eunce^ Aldermen; nor againft Sir John Mcwnard ;
te n°r the Earls °f Llncolni Sv/'o/.kt and Middlefex;
rmen* tne Lords IVillougbby of Parbam, • "Berkeley, Hunf-
t he feven Lords, don* and MayrMrd. They likewife refolved, That

Mernbets ^ ^ V°^S' whereb>r P'™1 H>11^ Elll' Sir WU~<

Tiam Waller^ Sir William Letcis, Colonel Edward
Maffey^ Sir John Clstwortky, Mr. Anthony Nicbol9
and Mr. Walter Long, ftaild accufedby their Houfe,
be difcharged. Some, Colonels, ?.nd other Officers
of the Trained Bands, were alfo releafed out ot
Prifom

iop their Im
prachmenti a

thee

Lord Fairfax's
farther Account
of his Succefs in
Aipprefling the
C< mrr.otions in
Kent.

June 5. This Day came more Intelligence from
the General, communicated in a Letter from Ro-
cbefter, with fome Papers inclofed, difcovering'the
Depth of the whole Kentijb Plot.

To the Right Hon. EDWARD Earl of MANCHES-
TER, Speaker of the Houfe of PEERS pro
Tempore.

Rochejler^ June 4, 1 648.
My Lord,

T Shall, according to my laft, give your Lord-
* fhips this further Account of our Succefs at
Maidftone : Upon Thurfday in the Evening, about
feven o'Clock, after very long Marches, we got
near the Town, and a Troop of Dragoons was

* fent

^ENGLAND. 213

fent to make good a Pafs, whilfl the Town wr.s An. 24 Car.

viewing at what Place our Men might beft enter: , l648'

It being refolved upon to force our Paflage, in jjne_
cafe of a Refiftance, the gaining of that Town
over the River being of great Advantage to our
Affairs; but before there could be a View taken of
the Town, the Dragoons had engaged the Enemy,
and forced them from that Guard which they
kept. The Dragoons being very forward to en-

fage, purfued, and fo the Enemy drew forth a con-
derable Party of Horfe and Foot to maintain a
Pafs a,gainft us, which neceflitated the drawing
down of the greateft Part of the Foot, with fome
Horfe ; and though that Part of the Town was
of the greateft Difficulty to enter, yet, through
the great Goodnefs of God, our Men made their
Entrance, and became Mafters of the Town af-
ter four or five Hours hot Service.
4 The Town being very ftrongly barricaded,
and through the Darknefs of the Night and our
Ignorance of the Town, they difputed the Bar-
ricades and Places of Advantage with our Men
playing hard with their Cannon upon them ; in '
which Service both Horfe and Foot did exceeding
well, and particularly I cannot but take Notice
of the Valour and Refolution of Colonel Hewfen^
whofe Regiment had the hardeft Talk, Major
Carter^ his Major, being hurt, and Capt. Price
a deferving and faithful Officer, {lain. The beft
of their Men were there, whereof many are Ca-
valiers and London Aprentices, they looking upon
the Confequence of that Place to be very
great, and therefore did refolve to make what
Refiftance they could. The old Lord Goring
was that Day proclaimed General at the Head
of their Army, upon the Hill near Aylesford*
where we faw their Body drawn up; which, as
their Prifoners fmce do confefs, and they them-
felves gave out, confifted of 8000, behdes thofe
in Maid/lone and Aylesford, in both which Places
there were about 3000. Thofe of dylesfordcam-
O 3 « ins-

An. id. Car. I. c

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2?4 ffie Parliamentary HISTORY

ing as a frefti Supply to relieve thofe engaged to
Maidjlone, there were near 300 fl%ain, and about

* I3°° Prifoners, many of them being taken next
4 Morning in the Woods, Hop-Yards, and Fields,
4 whither they efcaped in the Time of their Flight j

* amongft whom were many Gentlemen of good
4 Quality, Sir Samuel Dudley^ Sir William Brock-
4 man> Mr. Scot^ Major Price, and others, a Lift

* whereof is preparing to be fent. There were

* about 500 Horfe^ooo Arms, nine Foot-Colours,

* and eight Pieces of Cannon, with Store of Am-

* munition, alfo taken.

4 In the firft Charge which our Forlorn Hope
< gave the Enemies Horfe, wherein our Horfe car-
4 ried themfelves very gallantly as I fmce hear, Sir
4 'John Maney^ and divers others of Quality were

* ilain.

4 After it had pleafed God to give us this great

* Mercy of gaining the Town, their Men received

* fo great Difcouragement, that the greateir Part of

* the Army left them and were diiperfed, and a
4 great Number of OfRcers and Gentlemen fmce
*• fled to ihift for themfelves. Their Word at the

* Engagement was, King and Kent ; ours, Truth.

4 Having thus Doffefled ourfelves of the Pailes at
' Maidfione and Ayiesford^ the Enemy being much
4 ccnfufed with our Succefs, and their own men

* deferting them, they at laft marched over Rcckef-
"• ttr Bridge, towards Blackbeatb with about 3000
4 Horfe and Foot, moft of which were Cavaliers,

* Apprentices, and Watermen. Qur Men not be-

* ing able to make fo fpeedy a March after them as

* was necefiary, I fent Col. U- baley with a Party of
4 Horfe and Dragoons after them, upon whofe Ap-

* proach they have left Kent^ and fled over the Wa-
4 ter into E-JJcx^ by tyooivuicb and Greenwich. Col.

* H'baley is in PUJ iuit, and I doubt not but he will
4 give a good Account of that Service.

4 I have fent Col. Rich with a Party of Horfe
4 and Foot to relieve Dover , wherein I truft we
4 {hall find the fame Preience of God as we

4 hitherto

of ENGLAND.

hitherto have had, My Prayer to the Lord is, An.
that this great >vT ~cy may be further improved to
his Glory an! uus Kingdom's Good.
' I thought fit to prcfent to your Lordfhips thefe
Papers inclofed, taken from the Enemy; where-
by you will .perceive the Depth of their Plot, and
their Engagement to purfue what they have un-
dertaken. I remain,

Tour Lord/hip's humble Servant,

FAIRFAX.

P. S. « I have fecured the Mayor of Rochejler,
f whofe Hand is to the Commiffions granted for

* raifing of Forces.'

T^he PLAN of ACTION mentioned In Lord Fairfax's

Letter.

Roche/ler^ May 30, 1 648.

6 /^Ommanders in Chief to be appointed. Copies of feveraJ

' The Army to be divided into Brigades, Papers taken

' Regiments, and Companies, and to have neceflarythere*
' Commanders and Officers over them,

' All other Officers, Quarter-Matters, Scout-
« Mailers, Mufter-Mafters, Engineers, &c.

* Pioneers and their Commanders, and necefTary
' Shovels, Spades, Mattocks, Wheelbarrows, Edge
' Tools, Qte to make Defence againft Horfe, and
' Breaft- Works for Mufqueteers, &c.

* ^uxre^ Drakes and Field Pieces, to fortify the
' Block-houfe at Gravefend', and what Courfe fhall

* be taken that we may be fupplied out of Effete
c when Need is, and to endeavour Supplies out of
« Sufix?

* ghtare, Whether or not neceflary to fortify

* Rochefter with a Line and Forts ?

* To take away all Arms from the adverfe Party,
' and to fecure the Perfons of fuch as are molt

* powerful and dangerous.

* If the Enemy be ftronger than we, then to take
' Courfe for Retreat beyond the Medway,

Parliamentary HISTORY

' To fortify Bridges, and to break down thofc
' Bridges which are not fit to be fortified, and to

ftop up the Fords.

« <$uare, Whether to fortify Tunbridge Cattle,
*£and the Bridge there?

* A feleft Council of War, not of very many, to
' avoid Confufion in Debates, and to prevent Dif-
' covery of Secrets.

' Another Council or Committee to hear and

* difpatch ordinary Things, that the Council of

* War be not troubled with over much Bufinefs.

' ^hieere, How to order all Affairs when we go
' up with our Petition, and to fecure Maid/lone^
4 &c. when we are gone ? '

' To take fpecLl Order for Intelligence.

* To appoint an Officer or Committee to deliver
4 put Arms, who muft not deliver any till he is

* well informed to whom, and to take Notice
' of their Names.

* The Trained Bands of Maid/lone have lent to-
c Auxiliaries 80 Arms, who defire to have them a-
' gain, and that Auxiliaries be otherwifefurnifhed.

' To appoint Colonels, Captains, and Officers
' over all the Trained Bands, and to confider
' touching Volunteers and Auxiliaries.'

"The ENGAGEMENT of the Gentlemen of Kent.

Rochefler^ May 29, 1648.
fc XT17 E oblige ourfelves by. the Faith of Chrif-

* * tians and the Honour of Gentlemen, not
' to difcover or betray any Debates or Conclufions,

* concluded or refolved upon by the Subfcribers
' hereof; and further, faithfully and refolutely to
' deliver our Judgments, and endeavour in. efFedtu-

* ating thefe Refults.

1. * There is no Credit to be given to Words
' or Promifes ; but to the real Performances of
' your Defires, and that fpeedily.

2. ' You cannot imagine that your County fhall

* be free from their Powefj and other Counties
« fubjeft to the fame.

3. Treaties

of ENGLAND. 217

' « Treaties and Promifes are to the End only to An- 2i^ar

* furceafe the Profecution of your Affairs, until t

* they can make ready a Power to fupprefs you. Juiw.

4. ' You can have no better Security than their

* Votes, and all Men know they change them daily;
' and the Slaughter of the Surry Men, and the
' JufHfication thereof by a. Vote of theirs, and the

* hanging of Capt. Burley (a), doth evidently ftiew;

* what is to be expected by any who oppofe them :
' Nothing can fecure you but reftoring the King
' and the Laws.

* Their Power at this prefent is employed in the

* fupprefiing of other Counties who have the fame
' Ends with you ; and their Army for the main
' Part thereof, is divided into fcveral remote J'arts
« of Wales, Connual/, the North, Su/olk, &c. fo
' that you can never have fuch an opportune Time
' to effect: your Defires ; and therefore to lofe this

* Time is to lofe your Bufmcfs, and to be de-»
« ftroyed.

* A Letter to be fent to the Londoners for their
' Concurrence, arid to permit our Men an Admif-
' fion through the City, as they did to EJJcx and
' Surry ; in which Letter recite all the Indignities
' the Houfes and Army have put upon the City
' from Time to Time; as the changing of their

.' Militia; taking from them the Tower, and leaving

' it now empty ; the Slaughter of their Appren-

' tices ; their imprifoning of their Mayor and Al-

' dermen ; the demolifhing of their Works ; the

' Rejection of their Remonftrance ; their trium-

1 phant marching through their City ; their diitruft-

' ing the City to guard the Houfes ; making of Or-

' dinances to take away their Votes in the chufing

' City Officers ; and their late Ordinance for the

6 Militia of the City, left at the Pleafure of the

c City to revoke when they will.

' Thjngs are brought to that Pafs that the Trea-

' fure of the Kingdom is exported, none brought

< in;

(a) He had ordered a Drum to beat up at Newport, in the Ifle of
Wight, for refcuing of the King ; for which he was f,und guilty of
High Treafon before Serjeant Wyld, at Wtr,cbefltrt and executed ac-
cordingly. Ludlow, Vol. I. p. Z54. Clarendon, Vol. V. p. 90,
334.

2l8

An. 24 Car. I.

1648.

The Parliamentary HISTORY

in ; Trade entirely ruined ; Dearth increafed ;
a foreign Nation will come in, unlefs fome other
fpeedy Way be taken for the fpeedy reftoring of
the King ; which this City, by concurring with
their Neighbours at this Time, may do, other-
wife all thofe Miferies that fhall enfue muft be
imputed to them.

« This Letter will be of no EfTeS, unlefs one
of thefe two Courfes be taken, either to have it
delivered and read in Common-Hall, where all the
Citizens are aflembledj or, if that cannot be, to
have it printed and difperfed thro' the City :* And
the Letter muft be directed To the Lord Mayor
and Commonalty of the City of London.
* Send to the Prince for Commiflions fora Com*
mander in Chief, and fome other Officers ; and
have a ftanding Council compofed of four Per-
fons of each of the aflbciated Counties, a {land-
ing Army, a Commander in Chief, Aflefirnents
upon the Country to maintain them, and there-
in as fparing of the common People as may be.

Next follows the Copy of a Commiffion, figned
t>y Philip Maude^ Mayor of Rochejier, Edward
Haks^ Efq; (a] Commander in Chief, and five other
Gentlemen, appointing Sir William Compton> Knt.
to be Colonel of a Regiment of Horfe of 500 Menj
alfo a Copy of a Receipt for a Contribution of
io/. as fo much lent to the Gentlemen Petitioners
< of Kent, to be repaid in one Month ; and a Pafs,
dated at MaidJIone, directed To all the Colonels
and Captains of Corps of Guards^ and others whom it
may concern. All which Papers the Lords ordered
* to be forthwith printed.

The Earl of Denbigh* from the Committee fent
to the Lord Mayor, tsV. in the City, about what
Forces they could raife for the Security of them-
felves and the Parliament, reported this Anfwer :

« That

[a] Lord Clarendon gives a very craft Narrative of the Rife of thefe
Commotions In Kent, and the Occafion of Mr! Halet":
rd General. J7*/, V. f, 133, etfa

$f ENGLAND. 219

* That they would fend to the Militia about it : In An. 24 car. Ir
the mean Time it was the Defire of the Common-
Council, That thofe Aldermen committed to the
Tower may be releafed; becaufe it would be a
Means for the better railing of Forces for the fecur-
ingof the Parliament and City.'

yune 5. Pofl Merid. The following Letter was
agreed upon by the Lords to be fent to the Lord
Fairfax.

My Lord,

T Am commanded, by the Lords in Parliament, to A Letter of
•^ make thefe their Acknowledgments unto you ; Thanks to Lotd
that, as your former Faithfulnefs and gallant Fairfax<
Services have merited much from the Parliament
and the whole Kingdom, fo they take Notice of
your great Diligence and Hazard in the lateSup-
preifion of thofe who had tumultuoufly gathered
themfelves together, in Difobedience to the Com-
mands of Parliament; and, by an open Force,
made Refiftance to thofe Forces under your
Command. They blefs God for that great and
happy Succefs which he hath given you, and re-
turn their Thanks to your Excellency, whom
they look upon as the chief -Inftrument in this
greafVi£tory ; and they defire you to be confident,
that they will not be wanting, upon any Occafion,
to exprefs their Refpe&s to you, fuch as may give
you an Aflurance of the Value and Efteem they
have of you. This is what I have in Command,
Wh9 am,

foiir Excellency's bumble Servant,

MANCHESTER,
Speaker of the Houfe of Peers.

An Adi: of Indemnity was pafied for thofe who
had taken up Arms in Effex: Alfo a Declaration of
both H.oufes, That George Lord Goring's taking
Vp Arms in Ktnt and EJJex was levying War

againft

22O T*be Parliamentary HISTORY

againft the Parliament and Kingdom ; that he wa»
a Traitor, and ought to be proceeded againft for
the fame, in the ufual Courfe and Proceedings of
' Parliament. Lord Cap el likewife was ordered to.
be fent for up to anfwer to a Charge agaiitft him.

June 6. This Day the Commons fent up a Mef-
fage to acquaint the Lords, That they would pro-
ceed no further upon the Impeachments againft the
feven Peers.

Upon which the Lords ordered, That the faid
Lords, by Name, fhould be forthwith difcharged
from the Reftraint they laid under on Account of
the faid Impeachments ; and that the fame, upon
the aforefaid Declaration of the Commons, fhould
be vacated in the Journal-Book. The fame Order
was made for difcharging the late Lord Mayor^
Sir John Gayrey &c. but we do not find above one
or two of the Articles of Impeachment vacated,
notwithftanding this Order,
m cached Ordered^ alfo, That the Lords impeached fhould

Peer« »eftored to have Notice to attend the Service of the Houfe the

tbeb Seats. next Morning.

The fame Day the Lords took into Confidera-
tion the new Propofitions from the Commons to
be fent to the King; and, after fome Debate, the
following were agreed upon :

I. c \\ THereas both Houfes of the Parliament
The new Propo- < V V f ^ng]and have been neceffitated to un-

fitiorw nf Peace « ...„ , , riTxr

to be fent to ihe tertake a War m their juft and lawful Defence ;
and afterwards both Kingdoms of England and
Scotland, joined in Solemn League and Covenant,
were engaged to profecute the fame : That, by
Aft of Parliament in each Kingdom refpedtively^
All Oaths, Declarations, and Proclamations,
heretofore had, or hereafter to be had, againft
both or either of the Houfes of Parliament ofEng*
land, the Parliament of the Kingdom of Scotland,
and the late Convention of Eftates in Scotland^
or Committees flowing from the Parliament or

' Convention

r/ E N G L A N D. 221

* Convention in Scotland^ or their Ordinances and An. 24 Car. i»

* Proceedings, or againft any for adhering unto

* them, or for doing or executing any Officej
4 Place, or Charge, by any Authority derived from

* them; and all Judgments, Indictments, Outlnw-

* ries, Attainders, and Inquifitions, in any the faid
4 Caufes ; and all Grants thereupon made or had, or

* to be made or had, be declared null, fupprefied,
4 and forbidden : And that this be publickly declar-

* ed in all Parifh-Churches within his Majefty's

* Dominions, and all other Places needfuU

2. ' Whereas both Kingdoms are mutually oblig-
4 ed, by the fame Covenant, to bring the Churches

* of God, in the three Kingdoms, to the neareft

* Conjunction and Uniformity in Doctrine, Wor-

* fhip, Difcipline, and Government, according to
4 the Word of God, and the Example of the beft

* Reformed Churches : That the Prefbyterial Go^

* vernment be confirmed by Aft of Parliament, in
4 fuch Manner as both Houfes of Parliament have

* agreed, in feveral Ordinances of Parliament; that
' is to fay, &c. for the Term of three Years, from
4 the 6th of June 1648.

4 That it be eftablifhed by Act of Parliament^

* That the Lords and Commons, in the Parlia-

* ment of England affembled, fhall, during the

* Space often Years from the 6th of June 1648,
4 arm, train, and difcipline, or caufe to be armed,
4 trained, and difciplined, all the Forces of the
4 Kingdoms of England and Ireland, and Dominion'
c of jfrales, the Ifles of Guernfey and Jerfey, and

* the Town of Berwick upon ¥u)£edy already raif-
e ed, both by Sea and Land .Service ; and that,

* from Time to Time, during the faid Space often'
« Years, (hall raife, levy, arm, train, and difci-
e pline, or caufe to be raifed, levied, armed, train-

* ed and difciplined, any other Forces for Land
« and Sea Service, in the Kingdoms, Dominions,
4 and Places aforefaid, as in their Judgments they

4 {hall, from Time to Time, during the faid Space

* of ten Years, think fit and appoint : And that

5 neither the King, his Heirs or Succeflbrs, nor.

222 *fbe Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 car. j. < any other, but fuch as fhall a£t by the Authority'

* J*"8' . 4 or Approbation of the faid Lords and Commons,

June. ' fhall, during the faid Space of ten Years, exer-

' cife any of the Powers aforefaid.

f And the like for the Kingdom of Scotland, if

* the Eftates of the Parliament there (hall think
' fit.

4 That Monies be raifed and levied for the Main-

* tenance and Ufe of the faid Forces, for Land

* Service, and of the Navy and Forces for Sea Ser-

* vice, in fuch Sort, and by fuch Ways and Means,

* as the faid Lords and Commons fhall, from Time
4 to Time, during the faid Space of ten Years, think
' fit and appoint, and not otherwife : And that all
1 the faid Forces, both by Land and Sea Service, fo
1 raifed or levied, or to be raifed or levied, and alfo

* the Admiralty and Navy, (hall, from Time to
4 Time, during the faid Space of ten Years, be
4 employed, managed, ordered, and difpofed, by
4 the faid Lords and Commons, in fuch Sort, and

* by fuch Ways and Means, as they (hall think fit,
4 and not otherwife.

* And the faid Lords and Commons, during the
4 faid Space of ten Years, fhall have Power,

r. 4 To fupprefs all Forces raifed, or to be raif-
c ed, without Authority and Confent of the faid1
4 Lords and Commons, to the Difturbance of the
4 public Peace of the Kingdoms of England and
4 Ireland^ and Dominion of Wales, the Ifles of
' Guernfey and Jerfey, and the Town of Berwick1

* upon Tweed, or any of them ;

2. 4 To fupprefs any foreign Forces who fhall
« invade, or endeavonr to invade, the Kingdoms

* of England and Ireland^ Dominion of 'VFbles, the"
4 Ifles of Guernfey and Jerfey, and the Town of

* Berwick upon Tweed, or any of them j

3. 4 To conjoin fuch Forces of the Kingdom of
4 England with the Forces of the-Kingdom of Scot-*
4 land, as the faid Lords and -Commons fhall, from,

* Time to Time, during the faid Space of ten
4 Years, judge fit and neceflary, to refift all foreign

* Invafions, and to fupprefs any Forces raifed, or

* to

cf ENGLAND. 223

* to be raifed, againft or within either of the faid An. *4 Car-

* Kingdoms, to the Difturbance of the Public Peace ' 4

' of the faid Kingdoms, or any of them, by any june,

* Authority of the Great Seal, or other Warrant
' whatfoever, without the Confent of the faid
« Lords and Commons of the Parliament of Eng-
' land ; and the Parliament, or the Eftatcs of the

* Parliament, of Scotland refpeclively : And that no

* Forces of either Kingdom fhall go into, or con-

* tinue in, the other Kingdom, without the Advice

* and Defire of the faid Lords and Commons of
' the Parliament of England, and the Parliament of
' the Kingdom of Scotland^ or fuch as lhall be by
' them appointed for that Purpofe.

' Provided that, during the faid Space of tcrr
' Years, nothing herein before contained (hall ex-
' tend to the taking away of the ordinary legal
' Power of Sheriffs, Juftices of Peace, Mayors,
' Bailiffs, Coroners, Conftables, Head-boroughs,

* and other Officers of Juftice, not being Military
' Officers, concerning the Adminiftration of Jul-
' tice ; fo as neither the faid Sheriffs, Juftices of

* the Peace, Mayors, Bailiffs, Coroners, Conftables,
' Head-boroughs, and other Officers, or any of

* them, do levy, conduct, employ, or command any

* Forces whatfoever, by Colour or Pretence of any
' Commiffion of Array, or extraordinary Com-'
' mand, from his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeflbrs,

* without the Confent ojf the faid Lords and Com-

* mons.

' And if any Perfons, during the faid Space of

* ten Years, {hall be gathered and affembled toge-

* ther, in warlike Manner, or otherwife, to the

* Number of thirty Perfons, and fhall not forth-
' with dilband, or difperfe themfelves, being re-

* quired thereunto by the faid Lords and Com-
' monsT or Command from them, or any by them,

* efpecially authorized for that Purpofe ; then fuch
c Perfon and Perfons, not fo diibanding, or difperf-
' ing themfelves, (hall be guilty, and incur the
*' Paints of High Treafonj being firft declared guilty

* of fvtch Offence by the ifaid Lords and Commons ;

224 ^^ Parliamentary HISTORY

,264f*r* F* ' "^ CommLTion under the Great Seal, or other

^. t * Warrant, to the contrary notwithstanding :
June. ' And he or they that (hall offend herein, to be

c incapable of any Pardon from his Majefty, his

* Heirs or Succeffors ; and their Eftates fhall be
' difpofed as the faid Lords and Commons fhall
4 think fit, and not otherwife.

* Provided that the City of London fhall have and
c enjoy all their Rights, Liberties, and Franchifes,

* Cuftoms and Ufages, in the raifing and employ-
e ing the Forces of that City, for the Defence
' thereof, in as full and ample Manner, to all In-

* tents and Purpofes, as they have, or might have,

* ufed or enjoyed the fame, at any Time, before
c the Making of the faid Aft or Proportion.

' And, after your Majefty's Affent given to the

c three Propofitions now tendered to your Majefty,

. c and to fuch A&s of Parliament as fhall be offered

* by both Houfes, for Confirmation thereof -, then
' both Houfes of Parliament will treat with your
' Majefty concerning the future Settlement of the
6 Government of the Church, the Settlement of
6 the Militia, and upon the reft of the Propofitions
c formerly tendered to your Majefty at Hampton-

* Court. '

* And the Houfes of the Parliament of England
c do defire, That fuch Proportions as fhall be fit

* and neceffary for the Kingdom ofStoHqnd, may be
c prepared to be fent to his Majefty with all con-

* venient Speed.'

June 7. Nothing material in the Houfe of Lords,
except the following Letter from the Earl of IVar-
ky Lord-Admiral, which was read.

For the Right Hon. the Earl of MANCHESTER,
Speaker of the Houfe of PEERS pro Tempore.

My Lord, Port/mouth, June 6, 1 648,

A Letter from c C I N C E my coming hither I have ufed my befl
the Earl of War- c ^ Endeavours to fettle, in a Firmnefs to their
wick touch^g v Duty the Ships found in thcfe Parts j which I

the i em per or * , %

the Fleet!

of £ N G L A N t>. 22$

have done as well as I am able, the feveral Ships An. 34 Car. I.
Companies here having engaged themfelves to t .' * ' ,
live and die with me in Defence of the Parlia- june>
ment's Caufe. I have not heard any thing from
the Downs by Sea fince my coming hither j but,
by a Letter received this Day from London, I hear
that the fix revolted Ships, lately at. the Doivm^
are gone Northward ; that fome Kentijh Gentle-
men are aboard them, who were engaged in the
late Rebellion ; and that fome of the Seamen give
out they will fpeedily go for Holland; which I
conceive is not improbable, as the Gentlemen,
aboard may advife and make it their Deiign to
provoke them unto it, out of a Defpair of their
Non-indemnity, having oppofed to the laft.
* My Lord, I have as yet fpoken but vvich four
Ships, of whofe Firmnefs to their Truft I have
much Confidence, and fo I have of fome others,
which I Ihortly expecl : Yet, confidering the Un-
certainty of Affections, and thole Impreffion^ of
Difcontent which I find upon too many Spirits, 1
humbly offer it unto the Wifdom of the Houfes,
whether it may not be a great Advantage, to the
more fpeedy and effectual reducing of the revoked
Ships, to grant an Indemnity to thofe Gentlemen
of Kentthzt are aboard, as they have been pleaf-
ed to do to the Seamen, fo as they procure their
Ships to be delivered to me, or fuch as the Par-
liament or myfelf fhall appoint; which,, in my own
private Opinion, may be of great Ufe : And, if
it fhall be fo thought fit by the Houfes, to whofe
Pleafure I do wholly fubmit, I do make it my
humble Requeft accordingly.
' I fhali add no more but my faithful Prayer,
that the God of Wifdom and Peace will fo con-
duel: and profper all your Councils, that the Re-
fult of them may be a fafe and fpeedy Settlement
of the fad Diftra&ions of the Kingdom j to which
Iffue I doubt not but the fame Power and Good-
nefs that hath formerly owned and accompanied
VOL. XVII. P 'the -

226 tfhe Parliamentary HISTORY

An. *4. Car. I. t tne Parliament's Caufe, will, in due Time, direct
t "**• , c their Refolutions j and fo I reft,

Your Lordjhip's bumble Servant,

WARWICK.

The fame Day the Commons revcrfed their Or-
der of the yth of September laft, againft John Glynne,
Efq; Recorder of London^ on the Petition of the
Inhabitants ofWeflmw/fcr* for which Place he ferv-.
ed, and reftored him to his Seat in the Houfe.
Thelateim- The next Day they revoked their Orders made

peached Mem- • September and January laft. difabling Sir Join

bers of the Houfe * , J J . ' b J

of Commons re- Maynard^ Lionel Copley , and Denzil Holies, Eiqrs,
ftored to thcjr Sir llrilliam Lewist Sir William Waller ^ Sir John
Se^ in Parlia- Clotworthy, Col Edward Maflly, Waller Long, and
Anthony Ntcbol, Efqr?. from being Members.

We meet with the following Minutes of the De-
bate in the Houfe of Commons on this remarkable
Occafion, drawn up by a Member of this Parlia-
ment (</), which we (hall give in his own Words,
detached from fuch perfonal Reflections as only fhew
the Refentment of the Writer. Obferving at the
fame Time, that fuch Proceed ings and Refolutions of.
the Houfe as he makes mention of, are generally
confirmed by the Journals ; and when he clafhes
with thofe Authorities, the Variations will be occa-
fionally pointed out. — His Account of the AlFair
now before us runs thus :

Debate on that * About the Beginning of "June a Debate hap-
Occaiionr pened in the Houfe of Commons, about the four

imprifoned Aldermen, occafioned by a Petition
from the City (£), and concerning the impeached
Lords and Commons. Mr. Gewen fpake modeftly
in their Behalf, faying, That what they did was

done

(a) Tbe Hifttry of Indcptndenry. by Clement Walker, Efq; publi/hed
in 1648, under the Name of 'iheodoius Vcrax. It is oblervable
•when this Gentleman fpeaks of himfelf, it is always in the thiii
Perfcn.
(A). This is Already given at p. 196-

' tf fi N G L A N t>* 527

done by virtue of an Ordinance of Parliament made An. 24. Car. I.
this very Seffion of Parliament, and without any In- l64S'
tent to raife a new War; but only to defend the
City againft the Menaces of the Army marching up
againft them and the Parliament. But Mr. Gurdon
anfwered, He thought they intended a new War,
and were encouraged thereto by the Gentleman that
fpake laft; when he faid to them at their Common-
Council, Up and be doing. Mr. Walker (perceiving
Mr. Gewen to be caufelefly reflected on) replied^
That fmcethis Debate on the City-Petition tended
towards a clofing up of all Differences, it was unfit
Men that fpake their Confciences freely and mo-
deftly fhould be upbraided with Repititions tending
to Difunion; and defired Men not to be permitted
to vent their Malice under Colour of (hewing their
Zeal : When, prefently, Mr. Thomas Scot replied,
upon Mr. iPalktTi That the Gentleman that fpake
laft was not fo well-affected, but that the Clofe
Committee of Examinations would find Caufe to
take an Order with him (hortly. Mr. Walker of-
fered to anfwer him, and demanded the Juftice of
the Houfe, but could not be heard. Thofe that
fpake in Behalf of the Aldermen were often affront-;
ed, and threatened with the DifpJeafure of the
Army; which, they alledged, would be apt to fall
into Diftempers if we difcharged them. Notwith-
ftanding thefe Menaces, it was voted, That the
Houfe would not profecute their Impeachments
againft the faid four Aldermen, Sir "John Maynard^
and the feven Lords ; and that they would proceed
no further upon their Order for impeaching Mr.
Holies, Sir William Waller, fcfV.

* Two or three Days after a Motion was fet on
Foot, That the Order whereby the faid Members
were difabled from being of the Houfe might be
revoked. Many Zealots argued fiercely, and
threatened againft it. Amongft other Arguments
for them, a Precedent was infifted upon, That
Mr. Henry Martin was, by Order, difabled from
being a Member, yet he was afterwards re-admit-
teJ upon his old Election : And it was defired thefc
P 2 * Gentlemen

22$ ffie Parliamentary HISTORY

An. *4 Cat. l. Gentlemen might find equal Juftice ; for the Houter
, l64g' ^ having freed them a Culpa, could not, in Equity ^
June! kut free them a Parna, and put them in the Remit-
ter of all that belonged to them. £ut Sir Peter
Wentwortb anfwered, That Mr. Martin's Cafe and
theirs differed; Mr. Martin was expelled for
Words fpoken againft the King, fuch as every
Man's Confcience told him were true (a] j but be-
caufe he fpake thofe Words unfeafonably, when
the King was in good Strength, and the Words,.
whether true or falfe, were, in Stricknefs of Law,
Treafon ; the Houfe, efpccially the luke-warm
Men, confidering the doubtful Events of War,
difabled and committed him, left the whole Houfc
might be drawn in Compafs of High Treafon for
conniving at them; which was a prudential Act,
though contrary to Juftice, and contrary to the Senfe
of the godly and honeft Party of the Houfe : But af-
terwards, the King growing weaker and the Parlia-
ment ftronger, the Houfe reftored Mr. Martin, and
thought fit to fet every Man's Tongue at Liberty
to fpeak Truth, even againft the King himfelf: And
now every Day Words of a higher Nature are
fpoken againft him, by the well -affected Godly in
the Houfe.

fc After many Threats ufed by Wentivortb, Ven^
Harvey i S cot, Gur don, Weaver , &c. the faid difabling
Order was repealed.*

Mr. Ludlow imputes this extraordinary Turn of
Affairs to the many Infurreclions and Commotions
now on foot ; * When- the Prefbyterian Party pre-
vailed in the Houfe by rcafon of the Abfence of di-
vers Members who belonged to the Army, and
were employed in all Parts of the Nation (b).'

The Reftitution of thefe Members, and the fe-
ven impeached Peers, to their Seats, gave a great
Turn to the Refolutions of Parliament; for we
find that,

On the loth of this Month, an Order was made
that the Knights of the Shire for Surry do take

Care

(.) See Vol. IX. p. «is. and Vol. XIL p. 373.
(i) Mtmoin, VwJ. I. p. 251.

of E N G L A N D. 229

Care to publifh and give Notice of the following An- ;-4 Car. I.
Anfwer to the late Petition from that County, pref • ...*_*'___,,
fmg for a perfonal Treaty with the King : juj,e>

* This Houfe, being ienfible of the former Scr- The commons
vices of the County of S.uriy, and their lafcjJjfXKj*
peaceable Demeanor in the faid County, hathfromsurrj.
thought fit to give this Anfwer to the Petition re-
ceived thence; That this Houfe doth not doubt
but the faid County muft needs take Notice of
their Proceedings, in relation to the Settlement
of the Peace of the Kingdom, by a Treaty with
the King for a fafe and well-grounded Peace :
And this Houfe hath in Confideration fuch fur-
ther Means as are moft conducible to that End,
and to the Eafmg of the Burdens of the People ;
which, by God's Bleffing, they hope may give
Satisfaction to the Petitioners and to the King-
dom. *

This Petition had been prefented to the- Com-
mons on the 1 6th of the Jaft Month, when they re-
fufed to give any Anfwer to it.

Infurre&ions agalnft the Parliament (till con- infurrcflions i«
tinued in feveral Cpunties ; but rifmg in fmall different Coun-
Bodies, and in Places at a wide Diftance from one tles<
another, they were foon fubdued. Letters were
this Day read in the Houfe of Lords, from Colonel
ffqite, with an Account of a Viclory he had
obtained againft fome Forces raifed in Huntingdon
and Cambridge Shires, under the Command of
Col. Hudfony who was killed hiaifelf in the Ac-
tion, and all his Men; no Quarter being given to
any but the fuperior Officers. — Petitions a] fo came And j Petitions
up from different Counties, all praying the Parlia- for anAgreement
ment to agree with the King, in order to relieve Wlth
them from their miferable and dUlracted Condi-
tion; which quickened the Houfe in their Pro-
pofitions to be fent to his Majefty for a Peace.
But it is plain they were in continual Dread and
Fear themfelves, by their having a Guard always
attending them when they fat, 'who were lodged
and' quartered in the King's Affws and in the
P 3 Palace

Letters and Pa-
ers from the

The Parliamentary H i*s T o R Y

Palace at Whitehall* The Charge of one Troop
of Hoife, confiding of 100 Men befidcs Officers, is
thus computed in the Commons Journals.

The Charge of raifing a Troop-, /. s. d.
of 100 Plorfe, allowing for each (.800 o o
Horfe 8 /, doth amount unto — J

Allowing for three Corporals,"!
three Trumpeters Clerk, Sadler, I 72 o o

Farrier, at the fame Rate, amounts J • —

to ~ — — — J 872 o o

Captain Edward Reffiter, ~|The like Eftablifh-

Lieut. Anthony Markbam^ f ment as in the Ar-

Cornet Charles Nonvood^ -* my.

The Officer's Pay,

per Week.

per Month,

/. s.

/. s. d.

Quartermafter, at "
2:. per Diem, —

> 2 l6 0

11 4 o

Three Corporals, at
3 s, per Diem each T— -

'33°

12 12 0

Three Trumpeters,
at 3 s. each per Diem, •

330

12 12 0

100 Troopers, at
2 s. each per Diem, • —

70 o o

280 o o

Clerk, ->

Sadler, fe^g

220

880

i4 itrncr^ J w
The Charge of the-

Troop, befides Cap-
tain, Lieutenant, and

>8i 4 o.

324 16 o

Cornet, amounts to .

June 14. The following Letters and Papers,
from the Engli/b Commiflioners in Scotland^ were
read in the Houfe of Lords.

T(? the Right Hon. the Earl of MANCHESTER,
Speaker of ike Houfe of PEERS pro Tempore.
My Lord, Edinburgh^ May 25, 1648.

* Hf ^E inclofed Papers will give your Lord?
< * fhips an Account of our Proceedings here

* ^n Pur-i;ance of your Commands, \vhereur.to w.e

« ha,ve

c/ E N G L A N D. 231

have had no Return from the Parliament of Scot- An. 14 Car. I.
land; yet we have prefied earneftly for Anfwers to » * ***' *
the Things we had in Charge, becaufe we hear juue.
the Parliament will prefently adjourn. In the
mean Time there are many ftrange Reports fcat-
tered here, much to the Difadvantage of the Par-
liament ; which, it being now above a Fortnight
fince we heard from London^ the ordinary Poft
failing, we are not able, on certain Grounds, to
contradict ; therefore we conceive it might be for
the Service of the Parliament ; that, till it fhall
be thought fit to call us back, which we (hall
much defire might be fpeedily, we may frequently
hear from the Parliament; and to that end, all
Paflages being ftopt by Land, forne fmall VefTels
maybe appointed to attend here, that thofe Things
wherein your Service is concerned m'ay be fpeedi-

* ly conveyed to your Lordfhip from,

My Lord,
Tour Lord/hip's mojl humble Servant^

NOTTINGHAM.

A PAPER delivered by the Englifh Commijjioners to
the CcmmitteeofEftates,May2$, 1648, in pur-
fuance of theirs of the i$th, fent with the Votes of
both Houfes.

Edinburgh, May 25, 1648.

* T>Y our Paper dated the ifth of this Inftant
' Mayy we did communicate to your Lord-
' fhips a Vote of the Parliament of England^ de-
' daring their Readinefs to join with the Kirig-
' dom of Scotland in the Propofitions agreed on by

* both Kingdoms, prefented to the King at Hamp-

* ton-Court, and the making fuch further Proceed-

* ings thereupon, as mould be thought fit for tha

* fpeedy Settlement of the Pea'ce of both Kingdoms,

* and Prefcrvation of the Union according to

* the Covenant and Treaties : Whereunto, pre-

* fuming of your Lordfhips Refolutions to purl'ue

P 4 'the

to*

The Parliamentary HISTORY

the fame Ends, we expected a fpeedy AnfwerJ
but having not as yet received any, we muft
prefs your Lordfhips for a Return to that Paper,
and the Vote therewith fent to your Lordfhips,
which fo much conduceth to the Happinefs of both
Kingdoms.'

$y Command of the Commijfioners of the Parliament
tf/Englandj

THO. READ.

A CoPV of the Englifli Commijfioners PAPER, con-
cerning the Deferes of the Parliament of Scotland,
of the zbtb of April, 1648.

Edinburgh, 'June I, 1648.
E are commanded by both Houfes of
the Parliament of England, in purfuance of
their Letter to the Lord- Chancellor of Scotland^
dated the jjth of May laft, to acquaint your
Lordfhips, that, before they received your Loid-
fhips Paper of Defires of the 26th of April laft,
both Houfes were in Debate and Confideration
of the beft Ways and Means for the fettling of a
well-grounded Peace and Prefervation of a good
Correfpondency, brotherly Agreement, and Union
betwixt the two Kingdoms. And, as the moft
effectual Way thereunto, both Houfes did pafs
the inclofed Vote, which we fent to the Honour-
able Committee of Eftates, with a Paper of the
I5th of May^ defiring their Lordfhips Refolutions
thereupon j and feconded that Paper by another
to them of the 25th of the fame Month, to which
we received no Anfwer,

* We are commanded to aflure your Lordfhips,
that the Parliament of England do make a real
Offer to join with your Lordfhips, in the Propo-
fitior.s agreed upon by both Kingdoms, pre-
fented to the King at Hampton-Court^ for the
making fuch further Proceedings thereupon as
fiaall be thought fit, for th,e fpeedy Settlement of
the Peace of both Kingdoms, and Prefervation of
the Union according to the Covenant and Trea-

« ties

cf ENGLAND. 233

ties: And we are further commanded to afTure An. ±4. Car, I.
your Lordfhips, that when the Parliament of . ' **' . j
England faa\\ receive the Anfvver of the Parliament ju^.
of Scotland^ concerning their Conjunction in the
faid Proportions, the Parliament of England -will
be then ready to give your LordfJhips Satisfaction
in thofe Things which fh:ill be judged neceflary
for the Peace of both Kingdoms, and which fhali
not intrench upon the particular Intereft of the
Kingdom, or Privileges of the Parliament of
England.*

By Command of the CommiJJioners of the Par-
liament ^England,

EDWARD FOX.

A COPY of the PAPER concerning the Forces marcbln?
into the North.

Edinburgh •, *june j, 1648.
E have in Command from the Parliament
of England to give Notice to your Lord-
fhips, That the Lord Fairfax hath Command
from the Houfes to march with Forces into the
Northern Counties of the Kingdom of England,
for the fupprefling of thofe who are now in Arms
agai-nft that Kingdom ; and for the removing of
them, according to the Treaties, who have pof-
fefled Berwick and Carlijle contrary thereunto :
* We are further commanded tQ allure your
Lordfhips, (and, as we have Power and Autho-
rity from both Houfes of the Parliament of Eng-
land, we do hereby engage the Faith of the
Kingdom of England] that the employing or
fending of thefe, or any other Forces, to the more
remote Northern Parts of the Kingdom of Eng-
land, is not with the leaft Intention of any Of-
fence or Prejudice to the Kingdom of Scotland*
or in the leaft Manner to diiturb the Peace or
Quiet of that Kingdom; but for the Suppreffioa
of the faid Traitors and Rebels now in Arms
againft the Houfes, and the keeping of the North-.

'en,.

234 7& Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. < ern Counties in Obedience to the Parliament of
-1-64-8''* ' En£land-> and Protection of fueh as have been
" e faithful to the Caufe which both Kingdoms have

' been and are engaged in.'

By Command of the Commijjioners of the Parlia-
ment of England,

EDWARD FOX.

d COPY of a PAPER delivered ly the Englifh Com-
mijjioners on the 6th 0/"June. ib^>,prej]ing the
Parliament of Scotland to declare again/I thofe in
Berwick and Carlifle, and again/} their Supplies:
out of Scotland.

Edinburgh, June 6,, 1648.

* T> Y our feveral Papers of the fecond., the ninth,
4 *~* and eighteenth of May laft, we have, in
' the Name of the Parliament of England, upon

* Grounds of Treaties and A&s of Parliament paf-

* fed by both Kingdoms, demanded, That your
' Lordlhips would declare againft thofe who had,
' contrary thereunto, feized and do hold the Town
' of Benvick upon Tweed and City of Carlijle, and

* againft all fuch of this Nation as fhould aid or affift

* them ; but we are, and the Parliament of Eng-

* land have juft Caufe to be very fenfible, that

* notwithftanding we did, according to our Du-

* ties, timely and frequently reprefent to your

* Lordfoips what Mifchiefs have and were like to
' happen, if they were not fpeedily declared againft
' by your Lordftiips ; yet thofe in the aforefaid

* Towns, v/ho have been and are profefled Ene-
' mies to both Kingdoms, and for fome Years paft
' haveftill been fighting againft the Caufe of God,
' Religion, and the Covenant, which your Lord-
' fhips profefs to maintain, have gotten fo much
' Encouragement, and fo many Advantages by your
c Lordfhips delaying hitherto to declare againft
' them. And now being further credibly inform-
' ed, that many Loads of Provifions, Arms, and

* Ammunition have lately gone from this City of

8 Edinburgh-

of ENGLAND. 235

« E&nburgb to the f<iid Town of Berwick ; and An. »<. Car
4 that the People of this Kingdom have free Re- t T ^_

* courfe to Berwick and Carlijle, and many have jone,
' there taken up Arms with them, notwkhfl-anding

4 it be well known that there be very many Papifts

* amongft them; and that fome chief Men, in their

* pretendt-d Committees, who impofe great Sums
' of Money upon the Well-afFedled, both in thofe

* Towns arid Country theieabouts, and fome chief
4 Officers, both in thofe Garrifons and their other

* Forts, are notorious Papifts ; who ought to be fo
4 fcr from being connived at, that, by the Agree-

* ment of both Kingdoms in their Proportions pre-
4 fented to the King, they were to be excepted

* from Pardon.

' We do therefore once more earneflly prefs
4 your Lordlhips, that you would take this Bufi-
4 nefs into your ferious Confideration, when we
4 (hall not doubt but that your Lordfhips Refolu-

* tions therein, will anfwer our Defires and Ex-
4 peciations.

*• We do further acquaint your Lordlhips, that

* we are credibly informed, that fame Troops

* lately raifed by your Lordfhips Authority, went

* armed in an hoftile Way into the Kingdom of
' England^ and did quarter there, to the great En-

* couragement of thofe who are Enemies to the
' Peace of both Kingdoms ; which as we hope it
' was done without your Lordfiiip's- Knowledge,
c fo we doubt not but that your Lordfhips will de-
' clare againft it; and will take effectual Courfe
4 that fuch Things :nay not happen, to make

* Breaches and interrupt the Peace of both King-

* dorns: We do likewife further defire, that, with
*• all convenient Speed, we may receive your Lord-

* (hips Resolutions concerning the Offer made to
' your Lordfhips by both Houfes of the Parliament
c of England, reprefented to the Honourable tha
' CommiLtee of Eftates in our Papers of the I5th

* and 25i;h of May laft, and to your Lordfnips in
4 our Paper of the firft of tnis prefent 'June ; that

* io we muy give an Account thereof to the

Parliament-

23 6 *Thc Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. < Parliament of England^ who do daily ex.pedl it
i l648' . « from us.'

June. -Sty Command of the Commijjioners of the Parlia-

ment a/" England,

EDWARD FOX.

A Debate occa- June IS- ^ being this Day reported to the Houfe
Jj^J^Jj™ of Commons, that Sir William Majham and otlur
raem's Commit- Members, fent into Ejjex to fupprefs the Commo-
tee in Eflex be- tions there, were taken Prifoners by the Lord Go-
r>8£V:nF!r~on~ ring's Army; a Committee was appointed forth-

«rs by Lord Go* .°. /-• i r /• i » T n

flag's Army. with to feize and fecure fuch Men as they mall
think moft considerable, not exceeding twenty,
(thereby to procure the Releafement of their own
Members) and to fend them forthwith to the Lord
Fairfax, to be treated in fuch Manner by him as
the Parliament's Committee fhould be ufed by
Lord Goring.

Mr. Walker (a] informs us this Motion was made
by Mr. Solicitor, [St. John] who urged as a Rea-
fon for it, That Sir William Majham and the reft of
the Committee were carried up and down in Gor ing's
Army, hardly ufed, and threatened to be fet in the
Front of the Battle. But that Mr. Gurdony in-
ftead of feizing upon twenty of the King's Party,
moved, that the Lady Capel and her Children, and
the Lady Norwich, might be fent to the General,
with the fame Directions ; faying, Their Hufbands
'would be careful of their Safety: And when divers
oppofed fo barbarous a Motion, alledging, That
the Lady Capel was great with Child, and near
her Time, Mr. Gurdon prefled it the more eager-
ly, as if he had taken the General for a Man -Mid-
wife; and was feconded by Ven, Sir Henry Mild-
may ^ I7x>mas Scott Blacki/lon^ Hill, Purefoyy Miles
Corbet, &c. although Mr. Rujhworth, the Gene-
ral's Secretary, reported at the Bar of the Houfe,
That the Parliament's Committee were well ufed
and wanted nothing ; and that, tho' they had many
Sb'rmifhes and Sallies, yet none of them were put
in the Front. — However, it appears by the Common!
that afterwards the Lord Capefs eldeft

Son.

(«) Htforj of IndfftKdtny, p, Id,

cf E N G L A N D. 237

Son and Bifhop Wren were voted to be two of thefe An. 24 Car. I.
extraordinary Kind of Hoftages. v l648t t

'June 17. The Parliament having lately granted Another on a
Commiflions for new Levies of Men to fupprefs the Moti°an.)f0dr *£
Infurrections in favour of the King, a Motion was ""^ ^j*
made, That fuch as accept thefe new Commiflions Covenant,
fhould, before they receive them, take the Cove-
nant. The Contemporary Writer laft cited, in-
forms us, That, in Oppofition to this Motion, it
was argued, Thajt the Covenant was become the
Pretence of all Rebellions and Infurredtions ; that
moft of them that had rebelled in Walcs^ Kent^ and
EJfcx, had taken it ; but thofe that refufed it were
true Friends to the Parliament, and had done
them gallant Service : That the Covenant had fo
many various Interpretations put upon it, that no
Man knew what to make of it, or how, with a
fafe Confcience, to take it : Thus, fays he, argued
the Independents, as if the Covenant were malum
in fe. To which was anfwered, That, by this
laft Reafon, they might lay afide the Scriptures,
which were frequently and varioufly mifmterpreted
by Hereticks and Schifmaticks : If the Covenant,
in its own Nature, was the Caufe of Infurrections,
it was unwifely done of the Parliament to impofe
it upon Men ; and to tie them, by Vow, to defend
it, and one another in Defence of it, 'with their
Lives and Fortunes : That whatfoever Number of
armed Men ftiould gather together in Defence of
the King's Perfon, Crown, and Dignity j or of
Religion, Laws, Liberties, or Privileges of Parlia-
ment, according to the faid Covenant, they have the
Authority of Parliament, nay of Heaven, where their
Vow is recorded, for what they do ; and cannot be
faid to rebel, or war againft the Parliament, but a-
gainft a Faction ; who, having deferted or never ta-
ken the Covenant, do now, to carry on new Defigns
for their own Advantage, mifapply the Title of Ma-
lignant and Rebel to thofe which fight for the Cove-
nant, becaufe they will not change their Principles
with them for Company. That upon this Ground
5 only

The Parliamentary HISTORY

only were the four Aldermen, the feven Lords, Sir
John Mayrard, l3c. impeached and imprifoned, only
for fuch Actions as the Covenant, which they took
by Authority of Parliament, bound them in Con-
fcience unto ; and for which they had a fpecial Or-
dinance of Parliament made this very Seilion ; and
rot to raife a new War, as was fcandaloufly and
violently enforced upon them ; for, had it come
to a new War, it muft have been laid at
their Doors that fubvert the Principles of the Cove-
nant. Many have taken the Covenant in Obe-
dience to you, and are bound up by it, and accufe
them of Treafon that endeavour to keep it, is very
unjuft. You have lately promifed the Scots, that
you will adhere to the Covenant : How can they
believe this, unlefs you enjoin all to take it ? And
fo long as you put all the Arms, Garrifons, and ,
Ships of the Kingdom, and all Places of Power,
.Profit and Preferment, into the Hands of Schifma-
licks and Antimonarchifts, whofe Principles and
A&ings run counter to the Covenant ; and fuch as
talk much of your Service, but have done only
their own ; in order to which they refufed to obey
you and difband ; they raviftied the King from you
at Holdcnby\ kept you in Wardfhip ever fince $• and
difiionoured and brought you low with treasonable,
fcandalous, threatenings Engagements, Declara-
tions, Remonstrances, and other Papers ? Our Au-
thor concludes with faying, Thofe that would have
the Covenant current, could not get the Queftion
put : And it appears by the 'Journals^ that the pre-
vious Queftion upon this Motion was carried in the
Negative by 84 Voices againft 54. The Tellers
in favour of the Motion, Sir Samuel Luke, and Sir
John Northcote : Againft it, Colonel Pcpbam and
Colonel Norton.

The fame Hiftorian proceeds to give us the fol-
lowing Account of a Debate relating to a Defign of
taking off the King by Poifon ; which neither the
Journals^ U>!nthcket or Rit/hwottbt take the leafir

Notice

^/ENGLAND. 239

Notice of in the Proceedings of this Day ; although An. 14 Car. 1*
they all of them make Mention of many fubfequent t 1648. ^
Particulars concerning this extraordinary Plot, loae*
which fo much engaged the Attention of both
Houfes.

* About one of the Clock in the Afternoon, And open an la-

moft of the Members being gone to Dinner, and{°"pationof»

f r> n • i /- in i r i TT /• Defign to murder
very lew rreibytenans left, the opeak.er or the tiauiet}je Kin«.

of Commons ftood up and told them, That he had
received Letters from Richard Oflorne, (he that
projected to deliver the King out of the Cuftody of
Colonel Hammond at Cari/brooke-Coftle] but that he
conceived they tended only to the fetting of us alto-
gether by the Ears ; and propounded, Whether
they fhould be read or no ? Some were againft the
reading of them, but the major Part called to have
them read; which was done accordingly. The
Letter to the Speaker had a Copy of another Letter
inclofed in it, to the Lord Wbarton, which bore Date
June i, 1648, to this Purpofe, giving his Lordftiip
to underftand, That upon private Conference with
Capt. Rolph, [a Man very intimate vjitb Col. Ham-
mond, and high in the EJieern of the Army} the faid
Capt. Rolph told him, (the faid O/borne) That to Us
Knowledge Hammond had received fevcral Letters
from the Army, advifing him to remove the King out of
the Way by Poifon, or any other Means , for it would
much conduce to their Affairs. But (faid Rolph)
Hammond hath a good Allowance for keeping the King,
and is therefore, unwilling to lofe fo beneficial an Em-
ployment : But if you will join with me, we will en-
deavour to convey away the King to fame fecret Place,
and we may then do what we will with him. OJborne
offers in his faid Letter, That if he may come and go
with Safety., he would come and juftify this Relation
upon Oath. He likewife wrote to the Speaker of
the Lords Houfe about it.

* Then was read OJborne'>s Letter to Mr. Lenth-
ally Speaker, dated the loth of June 1648, con-
taining the fame Narration ; with an Offer to ap-
pear and make it good upon Oath, if he might

CQme

24° ffie Parliamentary H i s T o ft y

u»4Car. I. corn.e and go with Safety and Freedom. The
_'— *f' -* Clerk had no fooner done reading this Letter, but,
ju*.e. vfhh a flight Neglect, and the Laughter of fome
Members, the Bufinefs was pafTed over without
Debate, and Mr. Scawen flood up to propound a
new Bufinefs from the Army; when, prcfently,
Mr. Walker, interrupting Mr. Seamen, defired to
fpeak a Word to the late Bufinefs ; and afked Mr.
Speaker, From whence that Letter came, and who
brought it ? The Speaker called upon the Serjeant
at Mace, ' who anfwered, The Letter was given
him at the Door by a Man that he knew not ;
that he had many Letters and Papers thruft upon
him, cf which he could give no Account; but he
would endeavour to find out theMefTenger : Then
Mr. Walker urged, That fuch an Information
coming to the Houfe ought not to be neglected,
whether true or falfe, but to be examined and fifted
to the Bottom. If the King fhould die a na-
tural Death, or any Mi.fchance befall him, the
People (calling to Mind how little Care we had
taken of his Safety) would never be fatisfied with
cur Proteftation ; and moved, That a Committee
might be named to examine OJborne, Ralph, ffam~
mond, and fuch others whole Names fhall oc-
cur in the Examination. This was feconded by Sir
Symonds D'Ewes, Mr. Henry Hungerford, Mr. Ed-
ward Stevens, and fome others, who prefled it fur-
ther ; but received a flight Anfwer, that thofe
that defired to examine the Bufinefs knew not
where to find Oshrne ; that Osborne was a. Malig-
nant, and had attempted to fet the King at Liber-
ty. To which Mr. Walker replied, That the other
Day we had named a Committee to examine the
Bufinefs concerning the Foot-Boy that ftruck
Sir Henry Mildmay ; and yet we neither knew then
where to find the Foot-Boy, or what his Name
was («). If we do but pubiifh thr.t Osborne fiiallr
with Freedom and Safety, come and go, in cafe he

appear

{a) A Servant of the Duke of Richmond' s who very handfomeljr
can'd Sir Henry M:!<fmay in the open Street, of which Affront he
cc.T.rL';.:ed to the Houf;-.

Mcrcvriui Pragviaticui, N-j. 13.

^/ENGLAND. 241

appear to make good his Charge j either he will An. 24 Car. I.
appear, or we fhall declare him an Importer, and i ' y

punifti him when we take him, and clear the Re- June.
putations of thofe upon whom this Letter feerris to
reflect. Confider how vaft a Difference there is
between beating a Subject and killing a King.
And if Osborne, whom I know not, be a Malignant;
yet unlefs you can prov,e him a Nuliifidian, or a
Perfon convict of Perjury, both according to the
Rules of Chriftian Charity, and in the charitable
Intendment of our Law, his Oath is valid and good.
Then Mr. Thomas Scot flood up and faid, That this
prefling for a Committee to examine this Bufmefs,
was but a Device to draw Colonel Hammond and
Ralph up to the Town to be examined, that the
King might the eafier make an Efcape. And Sir
John Evelyn, of Wilts, alledged, That he conceived
this to be an Invention of Osborne's to bring the
King to Town with Honour, Freedom, and Safe-
ty. Then Mr. IFalker flood up again, but was in-
terrupted by Mr. Hill, and not fuffered to fp eak,
having already fpoken twice.

« At the End of almoft every Motion made for
& Committee to examine the Bufmefs, either Mr.
Scawen or Major-General Skippon flood up, and
offered to divert the Bufmefs by new Matter con-
cerning the Armyj which ufually beareth all oth^r
Bufmeffcs down before it. At laft thofe few that
moved for an Examination of this Information,
having fpoken as oft as the Orders of the Houfe do
permit, were forced to be filent j fo the Bufmcfs
Was buried in Silence.

4 I hear that fome of the Lords called upon this
Bufmefs the Monday following, being the igth of
June ; and that the Lord Wharton being afked,
Why he did not impart Osborne's faid Letter to
the Houfe ? Anfvvered, That as foon as he opened
the faid Letter he received from Osbarne, and faw
his Name at the Bottom, he looked upon the Buli-«
hefs as not confiderable ; yet he fent the Letter to
Hammond.

VOL. XVIL Q. « Upon

242 The Parliamentary H i s T o R V

An. 24 Car. 1. < Upon Tuefday the aoth of June, the Lords
. l648' , fcnt a Meflage to the Commons; the firft Paper
~~June< v hereof concerned Osbornis faid Letters ; they de-
fi>eJ, That forty t)ays might be affigned for Of-
borne to come and go with Safety, to make good
his Information. But Sir William Armyne flood
up, and deilredj That the Minutes of two Letters^
prepared to be fent into Holland and Zealand, con-
cerning the revolted Ships, might be firft difpatch-
cd, as being of prefent Ufe. Arid when the Bufi-
nefs was ended, Mr. Pterpotnt propounded another
Part of the faid Meflage: So Osbornis Informa-
tion was left firft Die, for that Time : But, fmce,
the Lore's have quickened it, and forty Days are
ffivcfi to Osborns to come and go with Freedom
and Safety to make good his Information, who is
come and avoucheth it; and one Dowcett fpeaketh
much in Affirmation of a Deflgn of Ralph's to
piftol the King. Ralph prefents himfelf at the
Commons Bar, with a Letter from Hammond^
which denies the Defign, and pleads Ralph's Caufe
for him. Ralph denied it before the Commons
with a trembling Voice, yet afterwards hid out of
the Way ; but being discovered, upon Search, he
was found to have a Boil upon him that difabled
him from riding, otherwife, it is thought, he would
have fled far enough.'

The Account of A Rev'ew of what is fet down upon this remark -
th.t Defign, as able Affair by the other Contemporaries will be
given by the no improper Digreflion ; but tend greatly to illuf-
trate our Extradts frcm the Journals relating there-
to, which follow under their proper Dates. — And
firft Lord Clarendon^ who gives a very particular
Narrative of this whole Tranfadlion, with the Cir-
cumftances that occafioned the King to endeavour
his Efcape, and what pafled between Major Rolph
aivl Mr. Osborne previous thereto (a).

« Before the Treaty, and after the Votes and
Declarations of no more Addrcfles, when the King's
Treatment was fo barbarous, his Majefty had pro-
pofed to himfelf to make ;.n Efcape, and was very

near

(a\ ttif-rj, Vol. V. j.*3i,rt^f.

gf ENGLAND. 243

hear the perfecting ir. He had none about him An- H^ar. r.
but fuch Perfons who were placed by thofe who t n,^4 'j
wimed wprft to his Safety; and therefore chofe junc.
fuch Iriitrumerits as they thought to be of their own
Principles. Amorigft thofe there was a young
Man, one Osborne, by Extraction a Gentleman,
who was recommended by the Lord JVharton (one
Who deferved not to be fufpe&ed by Cromwell him-
ifelf ) to Col. Hammind, to be placed in fome near
Attendance about the King; and he, from the
Recommendation, never doubting the Fitnefs of
Vhe Man, immediately appointed him 'to wait as
Gentleman-Ume'r; which gave him Opportunity
to be aim oft always in the Prefence of the King*
This young Man, after forne Months Attendance,
\vas wrought upon by the Dignity of the King's
Carriage, and the great Affability he ufed tov/ards
thofe who were .always about him, to have a Ten-
jderrieTs arid loyal Senfe of his Sufferings ; and did
Veally 'defire to do him any Service that might be
acceptable. By his Office of Gentleniah-Ufher he
ufually held the King's Gloves when he was at
Meat, arid firft took that Opportunity to put a lit-
tle Billet, in which he expreifed his Devotion, into
one of the Fingers of his Glove. The King was
not forward to be credulous of the ProfefHons of a
Perlbri he knew fo little, and who, he knew, would
hot be tuft'ered to be about him, if he were thought
to have thofe Inclinations: However, after longer
Obfervation, and fometimes fpeaking to him whilft
he was walking amon|ft others, in the Garden al-
lowed for that Purpofe, his Majefty begun to be-
lieve that there was Sincerity in him ; and fo fre-
quently put fom? Memorial into the Finders of his
Glove, and, by the fame Expedient, received Au-
vertifemqnt from him.

4 There was in the Garrifon one Ralph, a Cap-
tain of a Foot Company, whom Cromivdl placed
there as a prime Confident, a Felrbw of a losv Ex-
traction, and very ordinary Parts ; who, from a
common Soldier, had been trufted in all the In-
trigues of the Army, and was one of the Agitators,
Q_ 2 infpired

244 -^ Parliamentary HISTORY

. 14. Car. 1. infpired by Cromwell to put any thing into the
* * ' . Soldiers Minds, upon whom he had a wonderful
june> Influence, and could not contain himfelf from fpeak-
. ing malicioufly and wickedly againft the King,
when Diflimulation was at the higheft amongft the
great Officers. This Man grew into great Fami-
liarity with Osborne, and knowing from what Per-
fon he came recommended to that Truft, could not
doubt but that he was well inclined to any thing
that might advance him; and fo, according to his
Cuftom of reviling the King, he wifhed he were
out of the World ; for they mould never make
any Settlement whilft he was alive. He faid he was
fure the Army wifhed him dead, and that Ham-
mond had received many Letters from the Army to
take him away by Poifon, or any other Way j but
he faw it would never be done in that Place ; and
therefore, if he would join with him, they would
get him from thence, and then the Work would
cafily be done. Osborne afked him, How it could
be poflible to remove him from thence, without
Hammond?;^ or the King's own Confent ? Ralph
anfwered, That the King might be decoyed from
thence, as he was from Hampton-Court , by fome
Letters from his Friends, of fome Danger that
threatened him, upon which he would be willing to
make an Efcape, and then he might eafily be dif-
patched. Osborne fhortly found an Opportunity
to inform the King of all this.

* The King bid him continue his Familiarity
with Rolpb, and to promife to join with him in con-
triving how his Majefty mould make an Efcape §'
and he hoped thereby to make Ralph's Villainy the
Means of getting away. He recommended one of
the common Soldiers to Osbirne* who, ha faid,
he thought might be trufted ; and wifhed him to
truft one Dowcett, whom the King had known be-
fore, and who was then placed to wait upon him
at his back Stairs, and was indeed an honeft Man i
for it was impoflible for him to make an Efcape,
without the Privity of fuch Peribns who might
provide for him, when he was got out of the Ca ;lr,

'

^/ENGLAND. 245

as well as help him from thence. Osborne told An. 24. Car. I.
'jWpl>t he was confident he fhould in the End per~t l6*8' J
fuade the King to attempt an Efcape, though he yet junc,
feemed jealous and apprehenfive of being difcovered,
and taken again. Dowcett concurred very willing-
ly in it, and the Soldier who was chofen by the
King proved likewife very honeft, and wrought
upon one or two of his Companions, who ufed to
{land Centinels at the Place where the King in-
tended to get out. All Things were provided, and
the King had a File and Saw, with which he had,
with wonderful Trouble, fawed an Iron Bar in the
Window, by which he could be able to get out ;
and, being in this Readinefs, the Night was appoint-
ed, and Osborne at the Place where he was to re-
ceive the King. But one of the Soldiers informed
Ralph of more Particulars than Osborne had done,
by which hq concluded that he was falfe, and di-
re&ed the Soldier to proceed, and ftand Centinel in
the fame Place to which he had been affigned ; and
he, and fom.e others trufted by hi.m, were armed,
and ftood very near with their Piftols. At Mid-
night the' King came to the Window, refolving to
go out ; but as he was putting himfelf out, he dif-
cerned more Perfonsto (tand thereabout than ufed
to do, and thereupon fyfpe&ed that there was fome
Difcovery made, and fo flint the Window, ^bd. re-
tired to his Bed. And this was all the Ground of
a Difcourfe, which then flew abroad, as if the King
had got half out at the Window, and could neither
draw his Body after, nor get his Head back, and fo
was compelled to call out for Help ; which was a
mere Fiction.

* Rolpb acquainted Hammond with what the «
King had defigned ; who prefently went into his
Chamber, and found the King in his Bed, but the
Bar of the Window cut in two, and taken out ; by
which he concluded his Information to be true ;
and prefently feized upon Dowcett^ but could not
apprehend Osborne ; who was either fled out of the
Jfland, or concealed in it that he could not be
Q. 3 found..

246 Tbt Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. found. Ralph could not forbear to infvjlt; upon
Dcwcdt in Prifpn, and fcornfully afked him, Why
k's King came not f°rth when he was at the Win-
dow; An4 faid, he was ready with a good Piftol
charged to have received him. When Osborne
had got into a Place of prefent Safety, he writ a
Letter to his Patron the Lord Wbarton, informing
him of trie whole Matter; and defired him to ac-
quaint the Houfe of Peers of the Deftgn upon the
Ring's Life, and that he would be ready to appear
and jufiify the Cpnfpiracy. That Lord, after he
had kept the Letter fomeTime, fent it to Hammond^
as the fitted Perfon to examine the Truth of the
Relation. Osborne was not difcouraged with all
this ; but fent two Letters to the Speakers of both
Houfes, and inclofed the Letter he had formerly
writ to the Lord Wharton. ' In the Houfe of Com-
mons the Information v/as flighted and laid afide ;
but it made more Impreflion upon the Houfe of
Peers, who fent, with more than ordinary Earneft-
nefs, to the Commons, That Ralph might be fent
for, and a Safeguard for forty Days to Cs borne 9 to
appear and prbfecute.

' Ralph brought with bim a large TeftimoniaJ
from Hammond of his Integrity, and of the many
good Services he had done to the State. Osborne
appeareiL likewife at the Lords Bar, and made
good, upon Oath, ajl that is before fet down, and
undertook to produce other Evidence. The Houfe
of Commons had no Mind to have it examined
farther; but the Clamour of the People was fo
great, that, after many Delays, they voted, That
it'fhould be tried at the General Affizes at Win-
cktfler. And thither they fent their well-tried Ser-
jeant Wyld) to be the fole Judge of that Circuit;
before whom the major Part of the fame Jury that
had found Capt. EurUy guilty, was impanr.cllcd for
ihe Trial of Rolpb. Csbcrne ard fcowutt, who,
upon Bail, had Liberty to be there, appeared to
rrakc gcc.d the Ir.dicln.ent: and, ur,on their Oaths,
^'clared all thnt Rtifl had faid to ihim, as is fet

down

9f E N O L A N D. 247

down before. The Prjfoner, if he may be called An. 24 Car. r.
a Prifoner, who was under no Reftraint, had two
Lawyers affigned to be of Counfel with him, con- june.
trary to the Law and Cuftom in thofe Cafes j but
he needed not to have had any Counfel but the
Judge himfelf, who told the Jury, That it was a
Bufmefs of great Importance that was before them,
and therefore that they (hould take heed what they
did in it : That there was a Time, indeed, when
Intentions and Words were Treafon, but God for*
bid it (hould be fo now; How did any Body know
but that thofe two Men, O$borne and Dowcettywould
have made away with the King, and that Ralph
charged his Piftol to preferve him ? or perhaps
they would have carried him away to have engaged
them in a fecond War ? He told them, They were
miftaken who did believe the King in Prifon; th<?
Parliament did only keep him fafe to fave the (hed-
ding of more Blood. Upon thefe good Directions
the Grand Jury found an Ignoramus upon the Bill.'

Sir Philip Warwick writes (a), < That Dowcett,
whom Ralph had tampered with to poifon the
King, was Clerk of his Majefty's Kitchen ; and
imputes the Major's Acquittal at Winchtfttr to
the Dexterity of Serjeant Maynard his Counfel,
who declared in the Court unto the Grand Jury-
men, that this Accufation, amounting to Trea-
fon, ought to have had two Witneffes to each

Fail, but there was only one to each Fact.'

Mr. Ludlow gives this laft Circumftance a quite
different Turn, faying (£), c That thofe who were
to have been inftrumental in the King's Efcape,
not knowing otherwife how to revenge themfelves
on thofe who had defeated their Enterprise, ac-
cufed Major Ralph (a Captain in that Garrifon,
very active and vigilant in his Charge) of a De-
fign to kill the King ; raifing fuch a Clamour
about it, that the Parliament thought not fit to de-
cline the putting him upon his Trial ; but the Ac-,
cufation appearing to the Grand Jury to be ground-.
Q.4 ed

(a) Mtn.tin cf K. Charles 1. p. 331, (J) Mtmtirt, YoJ» I, p. 354.

248 ST& Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. ed upon Malice, they refufed to find the Bill.1-*

L l648- ^ Thus much for the Contemporary Writers : Re->

Tygj turn we now to our Journals, which will beft

enable the Reader to form a proper Judgment of

the Accounts given by thofe Hiftorians,

June 19. Col. Hammond was written to, by the
Speaker of the Houfe of Lords, to take Care of the
King, for that their Lordfhips were informed of
fome evil Defigns againft him. What thefe Defigns
were, appears by the following Letters from Mr,
Osborne, read this Day in the Houfe of Lords: And
firft that directed to the garl of Manchejler, their
Speaker.

TwcLettcr« Right Honourable, June 1 6, 1648.
' T ^'^> ^7 a Better of the firft of June, acquaint
ereto" * my Lord IVhartw with what 1 fend here in-
read in the Houfe ' clofed, expelling it would before this have been
of Lords. ( communicated to both Houfes. What fhould

* be the Reafon for concealing a Bufinefs of this
' Nature, I know not, except it be to give thofe

* Time that are concerned in it better to think of

* fome Stratagem to evade this Difcovery.

* I humbly defire your Lordfhip, upon Sight of

* this Relation, to communicate it to the Houfe of
« Peers ; which I (hall be ready to atteft upon Oath
' in every Particular, whenever their Lordfhips

* fhall pleafe to allow me that Freedom and Secu-

* rity which ought to be afforded to any Gentleman
' and Chriftian in witnefling a Truth.'

My Lord,

Your Lord/kip's mojt humble Servant,
RICHd. OSBORNE,

The Letter to the Lord Wharton, a Copy of
which was inclofed in the foregoing.

My Lord, June i, 1648.

« 'ITHough I cannot but imagine I (land fo highly
« * condemned in your Lordfliip's and 'many
6 Perfons Thoughts, that any Thing of Vindica-

' tion

*f ENGLAND.

* tion from me muft covne with all Difadvantage An. 24 Car. l«
' and Prejudice that may be; yet, my Lord, being

' confcious of my own Integrity, and confident

* that I {hall be judged by your Lordihip by no
' other Rules but thole of Juftice and Rcafon, I can-
c not doubt but, when I have difcovered the

* Grounds and Reafons of my Actions, that it will
1 appear to your Lordfliip that what I have done

* hath been as agreeable to the feveral Duties I
« ftand engaged in, as I am fuppofed to have a&ed

* contrary before I am heard.

' Not to detain your Lordfliip in Circumftances,

* I fhall make this Proteftation, That as no other

* Thing but the Danger of the King's Life could

* in Reafon, excufe fuch an Attempt, fo I do pro-
' teft, that no inferior Confideration did, or could

* have moved me to fuch an Action : But, my

* Lord, having had fuch a particular and well-

* grounded Information, that fo horrid a Defign

* was intended, and moved from thofe that could,
e when they pleafed, have had the Power to put it
' in Execution, I hope I (hall not be cenfured for

* having poftponed all other Confiderations to that

* Loyalty which, it cannot be queftioned, I owe

* to the King.

' But not to leave your Lordfliip unfatisfied with

* this general Account : The Intelligence I fpc-ak

* of, concerning this Defign, I received from Capt.
' Ralph, a Perfon very intimate with the Gover-

* nor, privy to all Councils, and one that is very
' high in the Efteem of the Army ; he, my Lord,
' informed me, that, to his Knowledge, the Go-
' vernor had received feveral Letters from the Ar-

* my, intimating they defired the King might, by
' any Means, be removed out of the Way, either

* by Poifon or other wife : And, at another Time,
' the fame Perfon perfuaded me to join with him
4 in a Defign to remove the King out of theCaftle

* to a Place of more Secrefy ; profcring to take
' an Oath with me, and to do it without the Go-

* vernor's Privity; who, he faid, would not confent,
' bccaufe of lofing the Allowance of the Houfe.

4 < His

75k Parliamentary H i s T OR r

< His Pretence for this Attempt was, That the
' King was m to° public a Place, from whence he

* m'gnt be refcued ; but if he were conveyed into
' fome Place of Secrecy, he (aid, we might dif-

* pofe of his Perfon upon all Occafions as we
' thought fit j and this he was confident we could
' effect without the Governor's Privity.

' My Lord,confidering all thefe pregnant Cir-

* cumftances, I think it will appear that there were,

* if there are not, fuch Intentions concerning his.
' Majefty's Perfon, as may well juftify any Endea-

* vours that have been made for his Remove from

* fo much Danger. And for my own Part, my
' Lord, I muft be fo plain as to declare, concerning

* my own Acting in relation to this Bufinefs, that

* had I done lefs, having fuch Grounds, I muft
' believe I had then verified all thofe Afperfions of
« Difloyalty and Breach of Truft, which I am ccn-
' tented to fuffer from thofe whofe Intereft is, per-
' chance, oppofed by my Endeavours to prevent

* fuch damnable Defigns.

' My Lord, I have fpoken nothing here but what

* I (hall be ready to juftify upon Oath whenever I

* (hall be called to it, with Promife of Freedom

* and Security; till then I muft be contented to

* fupport all Cenfures, and fatisfy myfelf with the

* Vindication I receive from my own Confcience.

* I am, My Lordy

Your" LorcJff>ip>3 mojl bumble Servant,

. OSBORNE-

But we leave, for a while, this Defign againfl;
the Kind's Life, it being necefTary now to look into
other Matters.

The Payment The Fleet ftill continuing in their Revolt
declare all Per- againft the Parliament, both Houfes thought ne-
trp?erenUn-inceffary to pafs a Vote, That another Fleet ftould
lurredicns to be be fitted out, of as large a Number of Ships as was
Traitors. neceflary to reduce the others to Obedience. And,

to prevent any Infurreclions at home, the Parlia-

of E N G L A ND. 251

jnent fet forth a Declaration., in which were recited An> *4 Car. I.
the three Votes, pafled May 20, 1642 (a], declar- t l648' A
jng all thofe Traitors, by the Fundamental Laws junc>
qf the Kjpgdom, that aided and aflifted the King
againft the Parliament ; and applying them to thofe
who rofe in Arms at this Time.

June 20. Another Letter and Paper from the
Earl of Nottingham* in Scotland, was read, addrefled
ito the Earl of Manchester as ufual.

Edinburgh, 7^8,1648.
May it pleafe your Lord/hip?

1 Have formerly given you an Account of feye- More Papers
1 ral Papers we have fent' to the Parliament of Jjjg^ ?™
Scotland and Committee of Eftates, in purfuance Swtlani}.
of the Votes of the 6th and 30th of May, and
fuch further Instructions as. we have received
thereupon; I fliall not now trouble your Lord-
(hips with repeating any of them, only acquaint
your Lordftiips, that unto them, and unto a Paper
I likewife formerly fent your Lordlhips, concern-
ing the March of your Forces into the Northern
Counties, we have received the inclofed Anfwer;
whereupon what Commands your Lordfhips fliall
be pleafed to give us, fliall be faithfully . ob-
ferved by, My Lordy

Tour 'Lord/hip's mojf bumble Servaut,

NOTTINGHAM.

^<? ANSWERS of the Parliament of Scotland to the
PAPERS before-mentioned, presented to themfroto
the Englifh CommiJJioners.

Edinburgh, June 7, 1648.

'Tp H E Eftates of Parliament have received
* your Lordftiips Papers of the firft of this
Inftant June, with the Votes of the Honourable
Houfes of the 6th of May laft ; to which they
£an return no Anfwer, until juft Satisfaction be
given to their neceflary Defires of the 26th of 'April.

%
(•) Vol. XI, p, I.

252 ^be Parliamentary HISTORY

i. 24 Car. I. « By your other Paper of the fame Date, your
Lordfliips gave Notice of the Lord Fairfax's
June. March into the Northern Counties, by Com-

mand from the Honourable Houfes of the Parjia-
ment of England; with this Aflurance, That it
is not with the leaft Intention of any Offence or
Prejudice to the Kingdom of Scotland : And as
you therein exprefs the Refpecl of the two Houfes
to this Kingdom, fo the Parliament do aflure
your Lordfhips, That their Refolutions ofraifing
new Forces within this Kingdom for their own.
Securities, and for obtaining their pious and loyal
Defires, are without the leaft Intention to inter-
rupt the Union betwixt the Kingdoms of Scotland
and England, or to violate, in the leaft Manner,
any of the Articles of the Solemn League and
Covenant, by which they are fo ftri&ly united un-
der his Majefty's Government.'
Extracted forth of the Records of Parliament by me
Sir Alexander Gibfon 0/"Drury, Knigbty Clerk
of bis Majefty's Regijlers^ Council^ and R.olht
under my Signet and Subfcription manual,

ALEX. GIBSON.

Jnne $2. The Lord-Admiral acquainted the
Houfe with a Letter fent to him from the Commif-
fioners of the Navy, concerning the Want of Sup-
plies, and an Eftimate of the Charge thereof , which
was ordered to be fent to the Houfe of Commons to
be fpeedily confidered of, becaufe it fo much con-
cerned the Safety of the Kingdom. His Lordfhip
added, That in Obedience to an Order of the Houfe
of Commons, dated the xyth Inftant, he wrote a
Letter to the Trinity- Houfe to employ their beft
Endeavours for manning the Ships of the Fleet with
cordial and well-afFecled Men, a Copy of which
Letter is hereunto annexed ; and that, in Anfwer
to the faid Letter, he did Yefterday receive a Let-
ter from them, with a Paper that came inclofed ^
all which he conceived it his Duty to prefent to the
Confideration of the Houfes.

To

cf ENGLAND.

An. 24 Car, I.

To my Loving Friends the Mafler^ War dens ^ and l648»
Affi/iants of the TRiNiTY-HousE.

Wejlminfler^ June 19, 16481

AFter my hearty Commendations : You can-
•*^ not but take Notice of the Defc&ion of fome wjck to the Tri-
Ships of the Fleet, and of the great Prejudice that nity-Houfc, con-
may be occafioned thereby to the Trade ofcerwn*thel
the Kingdom, betides the Interruption it may
give to the Public Settlement which the Parlia-
ment are effectually endeavouring. In order,
therefore, to the Safety of the Kingdom, the En-
couragement and Prefervation of Trade, and the
Reduction of fuch of thefaid Ships as have revolt-
ed from their Duty, it is now in Agitation, by
the Parliament's Direction, that a convenient
Fleet be provided and fet to Sea ; and becaufe no-
thing is of more Importance than the getting of
the {aid Fleet manned with cordial and well-
affe&ed Mariners, I do therefore recommend it
to you, as that which is of great Concernment
to the Public Service, fpeedily to employ your
beft Endeavours for the getting of fuch Mariners
to ferve in the faid Fleet, of whofe Courage and
and faithful Affection to the Parliament you fhall
have very good Afiurance; and of your Proceed-
ings to make as fpeedy a Return to me as may be.

' By your diligent and effedljJal Compliance here-
with, you will not only give a further Teftimony
of your Care of the public Intereft of the King-*
dom, and of your Refpect to the Parliament, (-the
Houfe of Commons having, by their Order of
the 1710 Inftant, a Copy whereof I fend you
inclolcd, refolved that your beft Endeavours
in this Behalf be defired) but will alfo more
oblige,

four loving Brother and Friend^

WARWICK.

The Parliamentary H [ s T d R Y

254

'1648. ' To the Right Hon. the Earl of WARWICK, Lord
*•— ^r— ' High- Admiral of England.

Jun:.

Trlmty-Houfe, Ratdi/e, June 2 1 , 1648.

Right Honourable,

I N purfuahce of ah Order of the Houfe o'f
*. Commons, dated the iyth prefent, and alfo oT
a Letter from your Lordfhip of the igth ditto',
we have communicated both trie faid Order and
Letter to moft of the Commanders and other
Seamen of feveral Ships how at this Pott of Lon-
don, whom we this Day called before us j unto
whom, after we had related the Comrnon Dan-
ger of this Kingom, occafioned by the revolting
of feveral Ships from the Parliament, as alfo de-
clared what was therein refolved, that it was both
fit and expedient that a Fleet fhould be fet forth
for the Prefervation of the Kingdom, and the
Reducement of the faid revolted Ships, defiring
their Concurrence therein, as giving their beft
Afliftance thereunto, they prefented to us their
Arifwer in Writing, which they defire may be
prefented to your Lordfhip, the Confederation of
which we humbly refer to your Honour's more
weighty Judgment, arid remain,

Tour Honour's

Majl humlly at Command,

THO. SMITH.
PETER ANDREWS.
BRYAN HARRISON.
JOHN GRAYDON.
EDW. JOHNSON.
ELIAS JORDAN.
BENJ, CAWDREY.
RICH. BULK.LEY.

WM. SWALLEY.

JOHN HALE.

THO. DAVI?.
ROB. TWEEDY.
JOHN SEMER.
NAT. GOODLAD.
V/ALTER MAYNARD:
JOHN LIMBREY.
WALTER COATES.

WlLLIAMEwEN;

RICHARD SWALE;

NlCH. HACKLESTONr

tf ENGLAND, 255

^ DECLARATION of fever al Commanders of Ships in An- *4 c*f-
and about London, referred la in the foregoing. v___

TV7HEREAS an Order from the Honourable
^ * Houfes of Parliament,, directed to my A Ds

Lord-Admiral, dated the iyth of June, 1648 ; fefv"al Clpta^

ir T f i T 1*1-1 i of Ships in and

as alfo a Letter from the Lord-Admiral to the ai,yut London,
Trinity- Houfi, for their beft Aid and Afiiftance for a Personal
for the reducing of the revoked Ships to their
former Obedience, dated the igth of June, 1648,
has been communicated to us, it is humbly of-
fered by us whofe Names are hereunder, being
Mariners and Seamfen, that there may be forth-
with a Petition drawn in the Behalf of the Sea-
men and Mariners, and prefented to the Honour-
able Houfes of Parliament, wherein our humble
Defires may be reprefented for a Perforial Treaty
with his Majefty, as the only Remedy for the
prefent Diftempers of this diilreffcd Kingdom,
and reducing the Shipping revolted from their
Truft ; and that it is humbly conceived by us^
that we are obliged and bound, according to the
Proteftation and Solemn League and Covenant,
formerly taken by every of us, to maintain and
defend, with our Lives, Power, and EiKtes, the
true Reformed Proteftant Religion, his Majcfty-'s
Royal Perfon, Honour, and Eftate, and alfo the
Power and Privileges of the Parliament ; and we
do further declare^ That if it (hall appear that
any of thefe revolted Ships fhall endeavour to
impede or hinder the King's Perfonal Treaty
with the two Houfes of Parliament, that we will
unanimoufly endeavour with our Lives and For-
tunes, according to our Covenant and Protcfla-
tion, formerly taken as aforefaid, to bring them
to condign Punifhment. Witnefs our Hands the
2ift of Jung 1648.'
•^ROBERT Motrotf. WM. BUNDICK.

RICH. TREVES. . ROB. BRACKLEY.

WM. WILDEY. JOHN EV;ELL.

TlIO. LlDWELL. FHO. JOLLIFFE.

Piir. EGEOES. GEO.PASSFISLD.

Two. MAR.IIOT. THQ. MORLEY.

June

June.

%e Parliamentary HISTORY

'June 23. The following Letter from Col. Hani-
§*vmg ^n Account of an Intention to aid the
King in an Efcape from his Cuftody, was read in
the Houfe of Lords :

For the Right Hon. the Earl of MANCHESTER*
Speaker of the Houfe of PEERS pro Tempore.

Col.Hammond's
Complaint
againft the fore-
going Letters
from Mr. Of-
borne.

CariJlrooke-C'a/lk, June 21, 1 648.
My Lord,

TT AVING lately received Knowledge of the
*••*• unparalleled wicked Practices of Mr. Of-
borne^ from the R.ight Ho'nourable the Lord/i^Zwr-
ton^ by a Letter which his Lordfhip fent me, di-
recled to him, from the faid Mr. Osborne^ who
hath been the chief Inftrument in contriving and
a£ling, as far as in him lay, the late Defign of
the King's intended Efcape j wherein it appears
that, failing in that his treacherous Purpofe, and
meeting with new Counfellors, he proceeds in a
more abominable Way, by fhameful and unheard-
of Lies, as much as in him lieth, to abufe and
inflame the difturbed Minds of the People in thefc
diftracled Times ; and moft unworthily to fcan-
dalize me, and the reft of the Gentlemen now
attending the King, in thofe Things wherein his
own Heart is a Witnefs that they are of all others
moft contrary to Truth : And being fince further
informed, that, in profecution of this his auda-
cious Villainy, he hath written public Letters to
both Houfes of Parliament, aflerting fuch horrid
Faliities that are hardly fit to be named, but by
fuch a Wretch, whofe Principles being Falfenefs
and Treachery, knows no Limits in Wicked-
nefs :

* My Lords, my Senfe of the 111 that, in fuch
Times as thefe, may accrue to the Kingdom by
fuch Abufes, caufcs me to fend up this Bearer*
Major Rclpb, (though through Weaknefs he be
very unable to travel) whom he avouches for hia
Author ; and if your Lordfhips pleafe he may be
examined, who will fufficiently inform your Lord-

* Clips

*f ENGLAND. 257

* {hips of the great Untruths raifed by that unwor- An- 24 «-ar-
c thy Perfon; whom, if you let pafs, (as not wor- ' 4._'._B

* thy taking Notice of to bring to Shame, like june»~"

* thofe who fpread abroad the late falfe Report of

* my inhuman Abating the Perfon of the King,)

* it were indifferent to me, were not the Public
" more than myfeif concerned in it ; but the Wif-

* dom of your Lordfliips doth, and I doubt not
e will, more thereby difcern the Defign driven at in
' fuch Reports ; and will take Care for a right Un-

* derftanding of thofe who have been, and yet may

* be, deceived by fuch Abufes. For my own Par-

* ticular, had I not been thus occafioned by my
' Duty to your Lordfliips and the Kingdom, I

* fhould have left the clearing of my Integrity (as
4 formerly, fo ft ill) to the righteous Godj who, if

* with Patience Men can wait and truft in him, will

* certainly confound and deftroy that Structure,

* whofe Foundation is laid in Lyes, with Shame

* and Sorrow to its wicked Builder.

' My Lords, I have not only, to fupport and bear

* me up againft thefe Calumnies, the Teftimony of
' a good Confcience ; but, to clear me amongft

* Men, it pleafed God to order it, that, upon feve-

« ral Occafions given, and that before many Wit- "

* nefles, the King is fo juft as to vindicate me from

* all thofe Afperfions ; and fo I doubt not will all

* others that have any Senfe of Honour or Truth,

* or fuch who have been Witnefles to my Actions
' and Deportment fmce his Majefty's unexpected

* Coming to this Place.

' My Lords, I conclude with this Profeflion to
c your Lordfhips, as in the Prefence of God, the

* Searcher of all Hearts, That as all the Goods of

* this World could not have hired me to this Em-
4 ployment, could I have avoided it, or would your

* Lordfhips have feeh it fit otherwife better to have
' provided for it j fo, feeing Providence hath caft

* me upon it, or rather it upon me, I have, (and

* by the Afiiftance of God will fo continue) to the

* utmoft of my Power and Knowledge, demeaned

* myfeif with all dutiful Refpedt to his Majefty's

VOL, XVII, R Perfon,

1258 fTke Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. < Perfon, with an equal Eye to the Duty I owe
' e your Lordfhips and the Kingdom, in the great
' Truft your Lordfhips have been pleafed to place
' upon me ; and this with that Integrity and
' Evennefs, that I ftand ready to give an Account

* to God and all Men of my Actions herein. This
' Satisfaction I need not give to your Lordfhips,

* for I find, upon all Occasions, the conftant Tef-
' timony of your Favour to me ; yet being a little

* fenfible of the Wickednefs of this moft ungrate-
' ful and unworthy Perfon, makes me thus to

* trouble your Lordfhips, though I need not :

* Reafon itfelf will plead fufficiently againft him,.
' who having attempted and failed in fuch a De-
' fign, being fo principled as fuch a Man mu-ft be,
4 that, for his own Intereft, he fhould proceed

* thus to colour his Villainy, as by his late Ad-

* drefles to both Houfes.

* My Lords, I fhall not further trouble your
4 Lordfhips, but with a moft earneft Expectation,
' looking for a Deliverance from my intolerable:
' Burthen, which God and a good Confcience only

* fupport a weak Man to undergo ; either by a Re-
' moval of his Majefty's Perfon from hence, when

* to your Lordfhips Wifdom it fhall feem fafe and

* fit, or by a better providing for it by a Perfon, or
1 Perfons, more able to undergo it ; either of which

* that may beft fuit your Lordfhips Affairs is moft

* heartily defired, and that with Speed, if God fee

* it good; till when, in the Strength of that God

* who hath carried me on hitherto, and as he fhall
4 enable me, being fufficiently guarded againft the

* worft that Malice can throw on me, in all con-

* ftant Integrity, I fhall endeavour to exprefs my-

* felf,

Your Lord/hips mojl bumble

and faithful Servanty
ROBu HAMMOND.

P. S. ' Mr. OJbornis Letter to my Lord Whartonr

* which his Lordfliip fentme, I have inclofed in a

* Let-ter

of ENGLAND.

Letter to the Committee at Derby-Haufe. Since An
I ended this Letter I have examined the three
Soldiers that were dealt with to have been affift-
ant in the King's Efcape j but they all affirm,
and are ready to make good . upon Oath, that
neither Oforne, Dowcet^ or any other, told them
that the Ring's Life was in Danger ; fo that it
feems clear that this is a Device of his own to
inflame the People.'

The fame Day the Houfe of Commons being Major Rolph ««
informed that Major Rolph was at the Door, he fa,min^d before

.... ILOI ' /i_ • .the Commons,

•was called in ; and the Speaker, (having acquainted touching the De-
nim, ' That what he was to fpeak, was to be fpoken fign againft the
in an High Court of Juftice j and therefore requiring KlB£'s Llfe>-
and exhorting him to fpeak the Truth, as he would
anfwer the fame at the dreadful Day of Judgment)
by Command of the Houfe, examined him ftriftly
•what he knew concerning the Defign of taking
away the King's Life, wherewith he was charged
by the Letter of Richard OJborne ? He anfwered,
That he never knew of any fuch Delign, either by
Difcourfe or Letter ; or ever received any Intima-
tion from the Governor of the Ifle of wight* or.
from any other Perfon, by Writing or otherwife,
touching the fame : Hereupon the Houfe fent a
Meflage to the Lords, acquainting them, That
Major Rolph being come to Town, they defired
their Lord{hips to nominate a Committee of their
Houfe to examine him forthwith, upon Oath, in
the Prefence of a Committee of the Commons ;
and alfo to take the Examinations of all other Per-
ibns that will come in to teftify their Knowledge
touching the Allegations of Richard OJborne^ in his
Letters to the Speaker and to the Lord Wharton*
.It was alfo ordered, That the faid OJborne have forty
Days to come, and depart, with Safety to his Per-
fon, to make good his Allegations mentioned in
thefe Letters ; that the fame be forthwith printed
and publiihed ; and alfo pofted up at Wejlminjler^
Paul's, and both the Exchanges.

R2 The

An. 24 Car.
1648.
— v—
June.

Another Paper
from the Parlia-
ment's Comtnif-
fioners in Scot*
land,

The Parliamentary HISTORY

The fame Day alfo, June 23, the Lords received
from the Earl of Nottingham, at Edinburgh, a Copy
of

The REPLY of the COMMISSIONERS ef the Parlia-
ment cf England to the ANSWER of the Parlia-
ment of Scotland, of the "jth of June.

Edinburgh^ June 9, 1648.

WE, the Commiffioners of the Parliament of
England^ have this Day received your
Lordfhips Anfwer of the yth of June,, to our
Papers of the firft,

' As to that fent with the Votes of both Houfes
of the Parliament, of the 6th of May laft, your
Lordfhips were pleafed to tell us, That you can
return no Anfwer until juft Sathfaftion be given tt
your necejjary Deftres of the "ibtk of April ; where-
unto we muft reply, That when it is confidered
how we did, in March laft, in the Name of both
Houfes of the Parliament of England, demand
of your Lordfliips fome Englijh Delinquents and
Incendiaries that were then (and for along Time
after) in this City of Edinburgh, to be delivered
to the Difpofal of the Parliament of England,
according to the Treaties and Acts of Parliament
patted both Kingdoms j and how often we prefled,
and renewed thofe Demands, and yet your Lord-
fliips did not think fit to deliver them, but fuf-
fered them to return to England in Arms ; where
they are wafting and deftroying thofe in the
Northern Counties of that Kingdom, who have
been faithful in the Covenant and Caufe wherein
both Kingdoms are engaged : And when it is
likewise confidered, that the Town of Berwick
was taken before your Lordfliips Defires of die
26th of April went out of this City ; and that
we did upon the fecond of May laft, which was
before your Lordfhips faid Defires came to the
Parliament of England, demand that your Lord-'
{hips would declare againft thole Delinquents
and Papifts that had taken and held the faid
Town contrary to the Treaties betwixt the King-

* doms j

of ENGLAND; 261

* doms ; and have fince very often, by feveral Pa- An- *4 Car.

* pers, preflfed that Demand, and the like for Car- A * 4,'

* life, and yet got no fatisfa&ory Anfwer ; thefe junt.
4 Demands and Defires of the Parliament of Eng-

' land to your Lordfhips, being firft in Time, and

* uponmoftjuft and clear Grounds of Treaties

* and A&s of Parliament in both Kingdoms ; and

* the delaying of them being fo prejudicial to the

* Kingdom of England; when thefe Things, we

* fay, are well and indifferently weighed and con-

* fidered, we doubt not but it will appear to your
-* Lordfhips, that the Parliament of England had
' more Caufe than your Lordfhips, to, have made

'* fuch a Return, That they could give no Anfwer to
' your Lordjhips faid Defires of the 2&th of April,

* until jujl Satisfaflion had been given to their afore-

* fold Demands and Defires made by us to your
« Lordjhips ; efpecially c'onfidering, that neither in
« the Paper of your Lordfhips faid Defires, nor
' in the Letter fcht with them from the Lord-

* Chancellor, nor any other Way fince, do your
< Lordfiiips oblige yourfelves to any Thing, or

•< make any Offer to the Parliament of England^
-« though they had granted all your Lordfhips De-
"« fires, which might be a Ground of further mu-

* tual Confidence betwixt the Kingdoms ; but on

* the contrary, whatfoever Anfwer they fhould

* give, your Lordfhips have ever fince you fent
-* your Defires, and before, been purfuing your

* Refolutions to raife a new Army ; which, as it

* is generally reported and believed, is to invade
4 the Kingdom of England, to which the Expref-
' fions in your Lordfhips Anfwer gives too great

-*• Grounds of Jealoufy, which we fhall afterwards
mention in its proper Place ; yet the Parliament
of England^ who are exceeding defirous to con-

•* tinue and preferve the brotherly Agreement and
happy Union betwixt thefe Kingdoms, and toufe

• all good Means to that End, have, hotwith-
flantling, made the firtt Offer to your Lord-
fhips j which is, to join with your Lordfhips ii\
the Propofitionsj prefented to the King at Hamp-
R 3 '-ton-

262 *fhe Parliamentary HISTORY

24 Car. I. * t/m-Court, and for the making fuch further Pro-r
ceedings thereupon as fhall be thought fit for the
fpeedy Settlement of the Peace of both Krng-
doms, and Prefervation of the Union, according
to the Covenant and Treaties. And further,
that upon their Receipt of your Lordfhips Refo •

* lutiors therein, they will be ready to give your
' Lordfhips Satisfaction in thofe Things which {hall
*. not intrench upon the particular Intereft of the

* Kingdom, and Privileges of the Parliament of

* England j wherein the Parliament of England
' afiert the Caufe both Kingdoms have been env

* gaged in by Covenant and by Arms, and the

* Terms wherein they have both agreed, and only

* defire that your Lordfhips would do the like ;

* which is a Thing fo pious, juft, and honourable,
c that we could do no iefs than offer it again to your

* Lordfhips ferious Confideration ; and (hall not

* doubt of your Lordfliips Concurrence with the

* Parliament of England, feeing thofe Propofitions

* wherein they offer to join with your Lordfhips
' do contain full Security for Religion, for the
*•. King's Majefty, for the Covenant, for the Trea-

* tits, and all other Things which, in the Judg-
« ments of both Parliaments, were nectflary for

* the fettling of a fafe and well-grounded Peace in

* both Kingdoms, and Prefervation of the Union;
f th.refore we hope your Lordfhips will judge that

* it really anfwers your Lordfhips Defires : How-

* ever, we {hall with all poflible Speed fend your
« Lordfliips Anfwer to the Parliament of England.

* As to the other Part of your Lordfliips Anfwer

* to our Paper, wherein we, by the Command ef
6 both Houfes, have engaged the Faith of theKing-

* dom of England^ that their Forces fhall do no

* Prejudice, nor difturb the Peace or Quiet of the

* Kingdom of Scotland^ we might juftly have ex-

* pefted an anfwerable Engagement from your
e Lordfhips for the Armies and Forces of this King-

* dom, that they fhould do no Prejudice, nor difturb
•the Peace and Quiet of the Kingdom of England ';

*. but it appears far otherwife, to our prefent Ap-

4 prehenfjon.

*f ENGLAND. 2*3

prehenfion ; for although your Lordfhips do ex- An. 24 Car
prefs that you will not interrupt the Union be-
twixt the Kingdoms, nor violate any of the Ar-
tides of the Solemn League and Covenant,
wherein we moft willingly and heartily join with
your Lordfhips, yet your Lordfhips having faid
in the Beginning of your Paper, That you could
return no Anfwer to ours of the firjl of June, un-
til jujl Satisfaction were given to your neceffary De-
fires of the 26th of April, which your Lordjhips
fent to the Parliament 0/" England ; and there being
no Mention by your Lordfhips of Defires to any
other Kingdom or Perfon whatfoever ; and your
Lordfliips affirming that you raife new Forces for
your own Securities, and for obtaining your pious
and loyal Defires ; which, fliould they relate to
your Lordfhips Defires before exprefied, fent to
the Parliament of England, then the Words
might feem to imply that you raifed your Forces
a gain ft them ; wherein, becaufe your Lordfhips
Expreflion- is fomething doubtful, it may raife
Jcaloufies betwixt the Kingdoms : However, we
know your Lordfhips cannot intend any fuch
Thins;, being in fo ftrift a Union with them ;
and it being agreed by the Large Treaty con-
firmed by A& of Parliament in both Kingdoms,
that neither fhall denounce War, but three
Months Warning is firft to be given ; yet, for the
avoiding of all Miftakes and Mifapprehenfions
that may arife, we likewife defirethat your Lord-
fhips would make a more full and clear Declara-
tion in that Point ; which may give the Parlia-
ment and Kingdom of England Aflurance that
the Forces and Kingdom of Scotland fhall do no-
thing to the Prejudice, or to the Difturbance of
the Peace and Quiet of the Kingdom of England ;
and that your Lordfhips would give us an Anfwer
to our Paper of the 6th of this prefent June^ con-
cerning your Lordfhips declaring againft thofe in
Berwick and CarliJJe^ and their Adherents in this
Kingdom, whereunto your Lordfhips are not
R 4 < pleafed

264 *Hx Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24- Car. I-e pleafed to fay any Thing in the Anfwer we have
l6<*8' c now received.

jupe. By Command of the Commiffioners of the ParUa-,

meat of England.

EDWARD FOX.

*June

*^*ne Lords refolved to

with the King.

A Committee ' appont a

inudto con- Committee to confider what the Parliament had.
of a Peace done towards the fettling of a Peace, and what the
King had offered ; alfo what was fit to be further
offered to the King for his Satisfaction, and for
fettling of a fpeedy and well-grounded Peace j and,
likewife, that the faid Committee ftiould confider
of the Time, Place, and other Circumftances,
where Addreffes were to be conveniently made to
the King. *

June 27. A Petition from the Lord Mayor, Al-
dermen, and City of London was this Day prefent-
ed to the Lords ; the Contents whereof were as
follows :

A retition from
the City of Lon-
don, defiring a
Pen< nal Treaty
for that Purpofe.

70 the Right Honourable the LORDS in the

Court of Parliament ajjembled,
*The HUMBLE PETITION of the Lord Mayor,

Aldermen^ and Commons of the City of London,

in Common-Council ajjembledt

Sheweth,
HP H A T your Petitioners do, with all Thank-

* fulnefs, humbly acknowledge the many for-
mer Favours of this Honpurable Houfe, in grant-
ing feveral of their Petitions, which gives them
Encouragement to make further Application to
your Honours ; wherein they humbly take Leave
to exprefs their own and their Fellow-Citizens
deep Senfe and Apprehenfions of the prefent Mi-
feries, and very fad and deplorable Condition of
this City and Kingdom, by reafon of the Growth
of Herefies, Schifms, Profanenefs, and Superfti-
tion, occajfioned by the long Unfettlement of the

«Churchi

ef ENGLAND.

* Church ; and likewife by the Commotions in ftr-An

* veral Counties, which have been faithful and

* ferviceable to the King and Parliament ; and of

* the great Effufion of Blood that hath been, and

* is continued, by reafon of the faid Commotions,

* and like to be increafed, by the falling off of a

* confiderable Part of the Navy : All which threat-
' neth the imminent Deftru&ion of Trade, and

* the utter Ruin of the King, Parliament, and
' Kingdom, if not, by the Bleffing of Almighty
' God upon your good Endeavours, fpeedily pre-

* vented. And in your Petitioners Apprehenfion

* the fame is no way likely to be avoided, the
e Peace of the Kingdom fettled, and the brotherly

* Union between the two Kingdoms of England and

* Scotland continued, but by a good Understanding
'. and happy Agreement between the King's Majefty
4 and the Honourable Houfes of Parliament ; which

* your Petitioners are the more hopeful, by the
4 Mercy of God, may be effected, whei they call
' to mind the feveral Expreffions of his Majefty

* and both Houfes of Parliament, in their feveral

* and refpe£livc Declarations tending thereunto ;

* and that it may appear to all the World by this,

* as alfo by many former Petitions, notwithftand-
' ing the many fcandalous Afperfions fuggefted to
' the contrary, that this City is, and ever hath been,

* defirous of, and hath endeavoured to obtain, a

* fafe and well-grounded Peace, according to the

* Solemn League and Covenant, their Intereft be-
' ing fo much concerned therein.

' Your Petitioners do therefore humbly pray,
« That a Perfonal Treaty may forthwith be ob-
' tained betwixt his Majefty and both Houfes of

* Parliament, in the City of London, or fome other

* convenient Place, where it may be moft for the

* Honour and Safety of his Majefty's Royal Per-

* fon, and Piefervation of the Parliament, as in
' your Wifdoms (hall be thought fit ; (unto which

* Treaty it is humbly defired that our Brethren of

* Scotland may be invited) that fo, according to

* the Duty of our Allegiance, Proteftation, and

* Solemn

An. 14 Car. J.

1648.

— v
June.

The Parh 'atnetxafy HISTORY

Solemn League -and Covenant, his Majefty's
Royal Perfon, Honour, ,and Eftate may be pre-
ferved ; the Power and Privilege of Parliament
may be maintained ; the juft Right and Liberties^
of the Subjects reftoretl j Religion and the Go-
vernment of the Church' in Purity ellablifhed ; all
Differences may be the better compofed, and a
firm and lafting Peace concluded ; and the Union
between the two Kingdoms continued according
to the Covenant ; all Armies difbanded, and all
your Soldiers juft Arrears fatisfied ; the King-
dom's Burthens eafed, and the laudable Govern-

4 rnent thereof, by the good and wholefomc Laws

' and Cuftoms, happily advanced.'

And your Petitioners jh all pray ^ &c.

The Anfwer the Lords gave to this Petition,
was, * That they returned theni hearty Thanks for
' the Continuance of their good Affections to the
c Parliament, and Inclinations to the Peace and Set-

* tlement of the Kingdom. They faid they were
' in Cortfideration of that which was contained in

* their Petition before they received it; and that
« they would employ all their Endeavours effectual-*
' ly for the fpeedy obtaining of what may beft
' conduce to the Safety and Happinels of the Kingi
' City, and the whole Kingdom.

The fame Petition being prefcnted to the Com«
mons, they returned the following Anfwer :
» HP H E Houfe hath rea<l your Petition, prc-

* •*• fented to them in the Name of the Com-
' mon-Council of the City of London ; wherein

* they take Notice of the affectionate Acknow-
' ledgment which the City exprefieth of the Houfe's
' Conctfiions upon their former Petitions, and of

* their Cnriftian and prudent Defires of a fafc and

* well-grounded Peace, according to the Covenant-;

* and of that Means which they propofe, in order

* thereunto, of a Perfonal Treaty ; in which (as

* the other Particulars of your Petition) the Houfe
' efpccially obferves the Confidence and Truft

' whicb

of E N G L A N D. 267

which the City repofes in them, in leaving the An. 24 Car. I,
Confideration of their Peace and Security to their ^_^ '_^
Wifdom and Care. To all which the Houfe j^.
hath commanded me to give you this Anfwer,
That they have the fame Fellow-feeling with the
City and Kingdom, by their Sufferings by War,
and the fame Defires with them to attain a fafe
and well-grounded Peace. They have, for that
End, fpent a great Part of this laft Month in Con-
fiderations of Peace, and have made fome Progrefs
therein : And for the more fpeedy Difpatch of
what further remains to be done, the Houfes have
appointed a Committee to confider what the King
hath offered, and what is further to be offered to
the King for his Satisfaction, for fettling of a
fpeedy and well-grounded Peace j and toccnlider
of Time, Place, and other Circumftances, for
Conveniency of Addrefs to be made to his Ma-
jefty : And they doubt not but what they have
done, and fpeedily fliall o herein, will be fully
fatisfadory to the City of London^ and to all
others that defire to fee theTioubles of this King-
dom ended in a fafe and juft Peace. And for
your good Affections to the Parliament and King-
dom, manifefted by your Actions in the late War,
and in your prefent Petition for a fafe and well-
grounded Peace, the Houfe hath commanded me
to give you Thanks/

'June 28. Richard OJlorne, the Perfon com- Mr
plained of in Colonel Hammond's laft Letter to the the' Bar of the
Lord's, was brought to the Bar; when the Speaker Houfe of Lord*,
told him, That that Houfe had received a Letter avo^hls ,c.har£e

r • - i • i -KT agamit Major

from him of a very high Nature, whereupon he had RoJph.

a Protection to come in. He faid, He was come
to make good what. he had written ; tut much did
depend upon Do-west's Depofition to clear Things.

Then the Lords Comn anded that the Letter he
had written to the Earl of Mancbejler, and alfo the
Copy of his Letter to the Lord ffrbarton inclofed,
(hould be fhewcd unto him, which was done (a):

And
(4) Thcfc are before given at p, 248.

efbe Parliamentary HISTORY

And it being demanded of the faid O/borne, Whe-
ther he would avow the Letters, and juftify the
Matter thereof, he anfwered, Yes ; whereupon the
Houfe commanded rhat the faid Letters fhould be
read in his Prefence ; which was accordingly done.
•The faid Mr. O/borne being afked, What Wit-'
ncfles he would defire to have examined concern-
ing this Bufinefs, he faid, Mr. Dowcet and one
Mr. Worjley\ and then he withdrew.

Being called in again and fworn, he was aflcecf,
Whether Major Rolph did acquaint him with a
Defign of poifoning the King ? This he avowed
upon his Oath.

Hereupon the Lords ordered that Major Ralph,
being accufed of High Treafon before that Houfe,
{hall ftand committed to the Gatehoufe, Wejlmin-
J?er, there to be kept in fafe Cuftody until their
Pleafure be further fignified. A Warrant was if-
fued accordingly, and Mr. Serjeant Finch was or-
dered to prepare a Charge againft the faid Major
Ralph, and prefent the fame to the Houfe, after
Advice had with the Judges; Mr. OJborne was bound
in a Recognizance of 5000 /. to make good his
Charge of High Treafon againft him, and ordered
to attend the Houfe of Lords the next Thurfday,
and fo ds Die in Diem, for that Purpofe. Mr. Wor-.
Jley and Mr. Dowcet were alfo ordered to give their

who maketh his Attendance as WitnefTes.— But the Major, in

F.icape. the mean Time, thought fit to make his Efcape :

For,

The Lords order June 29. Micbael Bakrr, one of the MefTengers

i Proclamation belonging to the Gentleman-Uftier attending the

a° reheS *" Houfe of Lords' Sav^ Account that he had fearch-

S? " ed all Places about the Town for Major Ralph,

but could not find him : Hereupon their Lordfhipr,

ordered a Letter to be written to Col. Hammond,

Governor of the Ifle of Wight, requiring him to

make Search there for the Major ; and, upon Dif-

covery of him, to fend him up in Safety to the

Houfe ; and that a Proclamation be iffued out to

iummon him to come by a certain Day.

Then.

»/ E N G L A N D. 269

Then a Petition was prefented to the Lords from An* *4 Car
the Mafter, Wardens, and Fellowfhip of the tri- ^ l6*8'
nity-houfe, which was received and read :

To the Right Hon. the Houfe of PEERS ajjemlled In
Parliament^

The HUMBLE PETITIONS/" the Majler^ Wardens,
and Fetloivjhlp of TRINITY-HOUSE,

Sbeiveth,

* *1PHAT whereas they have received a Petition A Petition pre-
' •*• from the younger Brother of their Corpo- ffnt*& t° Pariia-

* ration, as alto from many well-affeaed Seamen, Kn^Houfif
' Matters of Ships, and others^ therein expreifing for a Perfonal'

* their Defires to prefent their Petition to thisTreaty *'»* ^e

* Moft Honourable Houfe ; we do, in all humble Jng*

* Manner, (hew our great Apprehenfion of the

* many Difternpers, both by Sea and Land, occa-

* fioned by the Means of a difcontented Party, who

* daily take up Arms againft the Parliament and
' Kingdom ; which, if not timely prevented by

* the Mercy of God and the Wifdom of the Par-

* liament, is like to engage the Kingdom again in

* a moft bloody War, to the endangering the

* long-ex pe&ed Peace of the three Kingdoms, the
' Lofs of Navigation, the obftrufting of Trade,

* and the utter Ruin of many Thoufands of Fa-

* milies, relating both to Marine and Land Affairs,
' whofe Subfiftance depends upon the Trade to
4 and from this Kingdom.

' Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray your

* Lordfhips to take the PremiiTes into your grave

* Wifdoms and Confederations, and that a prefent
' Perfonal Treaty may be had with his Majefty,

* which we humbly conceive, under God, is the

* only Means for the fettling a well-grounded

* Peace, both in Church and Common- wealth ; v
4 by which, with the Blefling of God on your

' Endeavours, the prefent Difternpers may be re-

* moved, and the Kingdom again reftored to a

* flouriihing Condition; for which your Petitioners,

* with

Parliamentary HISTORY*

Car. I. with the whole Kingdom, mall have great Caufe
to acknowledge the Lord's Goodnefs, and our
Thankfulnefs to this Moft Honourable Aflembly
for their unwearied Pains for the Good of this
aimoft undone Kingdom ; and as we have ever
{hewed ourfelves willing, with the Hazard of
our Lives and Fortunes, to preferve the Parlia-
ment, fo we {hall be ready, to the utmoft of our
Powers, according to the Proteftation and Solemn
League and Covenant, to aflift them in all their
juft Undertakings, againft their and the King-
dom's Enemies.

And your Petitioners Jhali ever pray, &c.

The Speaker returned this Anfwer :
* The Lords have commanded me to return un-
to you their hearty Thanks and Acknowledg-
ments for the good Affections you have expref-
fed to the Parliament on many former Occafions,
as well as in the Petition now prefented ; and the
Defires therein contained for the fettlfng of a,
well-grounded Peace : The Lords neither are,
nor at any Time {hall be, wanting to ufe their ut-
moft Endeavours for the happy and moft fpeedy
effecting thereof.'

On the fame Day another Petition was prefented
to the Lords, and read ; but we do not find that
any Anfwer was given to it.

To the Right Honourable the Houfe of PEERS af-*
fembled in Parliament,

The HUMBLE PETITION of the Commanders, Maf-
ters, and Mariners of the Shipping belonging to the
River of Thames, whofe Names art here under
Jubfcribed,

Another from *
the Watermen <
upon Thames to
the fame End.

Humbly foeweth,

HP HAT your Petitioners have, to this Time,
« faithfully affifted, according to their Oaths
* and feveral Undertakings, in the Defence of this

* Kingdom,

rf ENGLAND.

Kingdom, and for the Preservation of his Ma-
jefty and both Houfes of Parliament in their juft
Rights and Privileges ; wherein they have chear- ' " june.
fully adventured their Lives, and fpent much of
their Eftates : /And your Petitioners cannot but
acquaint your Honours, that they had of late more
than Hopes, fmce his Majefty's evil Counfeilors
were removed from him, and no Face of an Enemy
appearing to obftrud, that, by fettling his Ma-
jefty in his juft Rights, this miferable and jdiC-
treffed Kingdom might have enjoyed an happy
and a lading Peace ; but, to the great Terror
and unfpeakable Grief of your Petitioners, they
find themfelves in a far worfe Condition than ever,
unlefs, by the grave Wifdom of this great Affem-
bly, it be timely prevented ; for when we confider
the manifold Dangers now upon us, and the long
Time likely to be fpent before a Perfonal Treaty
is likely to be had, we may juftly fear the utter
Ruin of this our flourifhing Kingdom, efpecially
confidering the many Armies already on Foot in
the feveral Parts thereof, befides the late falling
off of the Ships, which we cannot look upon but
as a Bufmefs of the greateft Danger which hath
yet happened ; for, befides that it is a laying flat
our ftrong Walls, whereby we are expofed to
all foreign Invafions, the Lofs of Trade will be
of fuch Confequence, that we fhall not need to
fear a fecond Ruin; nor can your Petitioners con-
ceive any Way how thofe Ships may be reduced,
when the Pretence is that the Peace of this King-
dom may be fettled by a Perfonal Treaty with
his Majefty, which your Petitioners are bold to
offer to your Honours, is the Senfe of all, or the
greateft Part of, the Seamen of England: Where-
fore they moft humbly pray, that there may be a
fpeedy Treaty had with his Majefty for the fet-
ling the Peace of this Kingdom ; and that, in the
mean Time, his Majefty may be intreated tore-
move to fome of his Houfes which may be moft
convenient, where he may be with Honour, Free-
2 * dcoi

zjz The Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24. Car. I. * dom and Safety ; and your Petitioners {half bif

T<HS- ' ready, with their Lives and Fortunes, to aflift the

» ^ * Parliament againft all thofe that (hall oppofe the

Jun£ « fame. To all which your Petitioners humbly

' beg a gracious and fpeedy Anfwer.

The fame Day, "June 29, the foregoing Petition^
were prefented to the Houfe of Commons ; when
the Speaker, by their Command, gave this An-
fwer :

THE Houfe hath read the two Petitions, prer-
fented by you to them : One, of the Maf-
ter, Wardens, and Fellowftiip of Trinity- Houfe';
the other, of the Commanders, Matters, and Ma-
riners of the Shipping belonging to the River
Thames ; and a third prefented by the Younger
Brothers of your Corporation, and others, t*
vourfelves (b) : And as this Houfe, calling to
Mind your former faithful Affiftance in thisCaufe",
fo likewife, by your Petitions, they find your Rea-
dinefs, with your Lives and Fortunes, to affift
the Parliament in all their juft Undertakings,
againft their and the Kingdom's Enemies, accor-
ding to the Proteftation and Solemn League and
Covenant : And, in Anfwer to your Defires of
a Perfonal Treaty with his Majefty, for fettling
a well-grounded Peace, both in Church and
State, the Houfe hath commanded me to let you
know, That they have the fame Fellow-feeling
with you of the Kingdom's Sufferings by War,
and the manifold Dangers which muft necefia-
rily enfue thereupon j and to afTure you, That
they do really defire, and (hall faithfully endea-
vour to obtain, a fafe and well-grounded Peace :
And, in order thereunto, have fpent a great Paft
of this laft Month in Confiderations of Peace,
and have made fome Progrefs therein : And, for

4 the

(4) We find no Copy of this entered ; nor is the Want of it very
material, as no doubt the Purport thereof '.vas incorporated into that
from the Mailer and Wardens.

of ENGLAND.

the more fpeedy Difpatch of what further re- An
mains to be done, the Houfes have appointed a
Committee to confider what the King hath for-
merly offered, and what is further to be offered
to the King for his Satisfaction, for fettling of
a fpeedy and well-grounded Peace ; and to confi-
der of Time, Place, and other Circumftances, for
convenience of Addrefs to be made to his.Maje(ry j
which Committee have met, and are enjoined,
with all poflible Speed, to make Report to this
Houfe : Whereupon they intend fo effectually Jo
proceed, that, by the Bleflmg of God, a fafe anal
well-grounded Peace may be fpeedily fettled :
And they doubt not but what they have done, and
ftiall do herein, will be fully fatisfailory, as to
yourfelves, fo to all the well-afie&ed Seamen of
this Kingdom. And, for your good Afte&ions
to the Parliament and Kingdom, manifefted by
your former Actions in the late War, and in your
Expreflions and Engagements in your prefent
Petitions, they have commanded me to give you
Thanks.

The foregoing Petitions, with thofe fent up from
feveral Counties, all calling for a Perfonal Treaty
with the King, evidently mew that the greatelt
Part of the Nation was ftrongly attached to Mo-
narchy; and that the Murders and Mifchiefs which
enfued were only done by a few ill-defigning Men,
who, by the Affiftance of the Army, had Power to
throw all Things into Anarchy and Confufion.
That the Houfe of Lords were in earneft to bring
about a Reconciliation with the King appears by
the Proceedings of the next Day : For,

June 30. The Earl of Northumberland reported The Vota of
from the Committee laft appointed to confider of Jan-. 3> l647,
what had been, and what might be, offered to the Addreifcfw^th
King, fefc. That they had refolved the beft Way king, vacated.
for opening a Treaty with his Majefty, was, That
the Votes of January 3, 1647, forbidding all Ad-
dreffes to be made to or frojn the Kirig, be taken.

VOL, XVII. S gff:

1648.

The Siege of

C«lch«fter.

274 The Parliamentary HISTORY

An, 24 Car. I. off: And that the Three Proportions fent intd
Scotland, to be granted by the King before a Per-
fonal Treaty be begun, be not infifted on.

The Lords agreed to thefe Votes, and ordered
them to be fent down to the Commons for their
Concurrence : To the fi rft of them that Houfc
agreed without a Divifion, but took Time to con-
fider of the fecond.

July. The Siege of Colchefter had now been car-
ried on for fome Months, without much Notice
taken of it in the Journals. This Town had been
feized on by the Kentijh Royalifts under the Com-
mand of the Earl of Norwich, Lord Capel, and
Sir Charles Lucas. Mr. Ruftjworth (/>), has preferr-
ed a very particular Diary of this Siege, to which
it will be fufficient to refer : Obferving only, That
the few brave Men which compofed the Garrifon,,
held out againft the Force of Lord Fairfax's Ve-
teran Army, to the laft Extremity ; and were re-
duced to fuch Diftrefs, that Butter was fold at 5*.
a Pound, and even Horfe-Flefh at icxL .

On thefirft of this Month the following Letter
was fent to the Houfe of Lords from Major Ralph.

My Lords,

* ID EING informed that this Honourable Houfe
4 JD hath patted an Order for my Commitment.,
4 and knowing myfelf (I fpeak in the Prefence of

* God who fearcheth all Hearts) to be fo perte&ly
clear and innocent of that foul and horrid Crime
charged upon me, that I abhor tjie very Thoughts
both of that and alfo of concealing myfelf from
your Lordfhips ; and therefore earneftly defue
an Opportunity of appearing for Vindication cf
my Inriocency in this Matter, or whatever elfe
Malice in wicked Men can lay againft me ; reft-
ing fully allured, that whatfoever Award I may
find at the Hands of Men, I (hall enjoy the Hap-
pinefs of an upright and peaceable Confcience
with the fame God.

4 I fhould
, vol. vir. P. 1154, «/«/»

Wajar Ralph's
Letter to the '
Hoafeof Lords,
stowing his In-

^ ENGLAND, 275

< I mould ftill have attended your Lordfliips Pica- Art. 24 car. it
fure, had not that Diftemper of Body, which was s^ ___,
before upon me, by its Growth, neceflitated me july,
to apply myfelf unto the Ufe of Means ; whereby
I am at prefent fo difabled that, without appa-
rent Danger, I cannot now wait upon your Lord-
fliips ; the Truth whereof thefe Bearersj my
Surgeons, can teftify.

* Thus craving your Lordfhips favourable Con-
ftrudlion of my prefent Condition, with Accep-
tance of thefe Lines, I reft

Tour Lord/hips mojl humble

EDMUND ROLPH.

The Lords Shewed little Regard to this Letter,
fur they ordered the Major to be removed from his
own Lodging to the Gatehoufe : He was accordingly
conveyed thither in a Horfe-Litter, under a Cuard
of the Trained Bands.

July 3. This Day Mr. Dazvcett one of the Per*
fous mentioned before to have been acquainted with
the Defign upon the King's Life, was brought to
the Bar of the Hodfe of Lords j and being afked by
the Speaker, What he knew of that Affair, he de-
livered in a Paper, figned with his own Hand, which
was read as follows :

1 T A M ready to make Oath that Mr. Rithard Mr.

*' 1 0/borne told me the King's Perfon was in Declaration a.

* great Danger ; and that Ralph had a Defign on gainlt him<

* Foot for conveying the King's Perfon to fome
Place of Secrefy, where he might difpofe of his
Perfon as he thought fit. Which Information
from Mr. OJborne, and the Aflurance I had of
his Majefty's Intentions forthwith to come to
his Parliament, was the Caufe of my engaging
in this Affair.

* I am ready likewife to depofe, that the faid
&o!pb came to me when I was a Prifoner in the
S 2 '«Caftle$

276

An. 24 Car.
1648.

•— \/
July.

mitred to the
GatJioufe.

The Parliamentary HISTORY

I- Caftle ; and, in ajeering Manner, afked me, Why
the King came not down according to his. Ap-
pointment ? And then, with great Indignation
and Fury, faid, He waited almpft three Hours,
under the new Plat-Form, with a good Piitoh
ready charged, to have received him if he had
come.'

ABR. DOWCETT.

Hereupon the Lords ordered, That Mr. Ser-
jeant Finch ihould make ufe of this Paper in draw-
mg up a Charge againft Major Rciph ; and that he
be kept clofe Prifoner in the Gatebottfe until the
Pleafure of their Houie be further known.

in the

Motion for a
Perfcnal Treaty

WftKtl Kjng.

The fiime Day there was a great Debate in the
Houfe of Commons, upon a Motion for a Perfo-
nal Treaty with the King (<:). Mr. Thomas ScMt
faid, He was of Opinion that there could be no
Time fcafonable for fuch a Treaty, or for a Peace
with fo prefidious -and implacable a Prince ; but it
would always be too loon, or too late. He that

Scabbaid into the Fire ; and that all Peace with
him would prove the Spoil of the Godly. To which
it was anfwered. That feme Men got v-ell by fifh-
ing in troubled Waters ; and accounted Peace their
Spoil, btxaule War was their Gain; and thefe
looked upon a Perlbnal Treaty as a Defign againfr
thcmfelves, (under the Notion of the godly, ho-
ne'ft, confiding Party,) becaufe it was the .high
Way-tO'P<?ace. But that the Generality of the
People, who had been defpoiled of their Eftates by
the War, were refolved to be no longer made Fuel
«:o that Fire wherein thofe Salamanders live j nor
any longer feed thofe Horfe-Leeches the Army,
their engaged Party and Servants, with their own
Blood and Mai row j and therefore were deter-
mined upon a Personal Treaty with the King, as
the only Means of fettling the Peace of the King-
dom.

The

(0 Walker's H$vy tfbfyoifay,

of ENGLAND. 277

The next Point was, the Place where fuch a An. 24 Car. I.
Treaty (hould be held. For this Purpofc the Ifle cf l648-
Height and the King's Houfe at Holdenly were pro- *""• '.j
pofed, or any other of his Majefty's Houfes not near-
er than ten Miles ofF London^ or the City of London
itfelf. The Independents were for the two firft,
but principally affected the Ifle of Wight. The
Prefbyterians adhered to the two latter, but infifted
chiefly for London. In Favour of the City it was
argued, That the Common-Council and Officers
of the Soldiery would undertake for the King's
Safety againft all Tumults : In any other Place
he would be within the Power of the Army, who
might probably take him away again (as they did at
Holdenby) if they liked not the Manner and Mat-
ter of the Treaty. London was a Place of rnoft
Honqgr, Safety, and Freedom ; and would beft
fatisf^he King, the Scats, and the People : In all
other Places, especially the Ifle of Wight^ he would
be ftill a Prifoner to the Army ; and therefore all
he fhould agree to would be void by reafon of that
Durefs. To this Serjeant Wyld anfwered, That
Cu/lodia did not always, in Law, fignify Imprifon-
ment: Tho' the King was under Reftraint of the
Army, he was not in Prifon (making a Difference
between Reftraint and legal Imprifonment j) that
the King cannot plead Durefs ; no Man can impri-
fonor hurt the King in his political Capacity as King;
tho' in his natural Capacity, as a Man, he is as paf-
five as other Men. To this it was replied, That it
had been frequently faid in the Houfe, the King
was a Prifoner ; and there was no Difference, in
Law, between a Reftraint and an Imprifoment,
whether legal or illegal. A tortorious Reftraint is
called, in Law, a falfe Imprifonment. The former
Kings have voided their own Acts, by pleading Re-
ftraint or Imprifonment, and Conftraint, as J/tf».
III. Ric. II. That the King may as well plead Im-
prifonment as the Parliament plead a Force, which
they have lately done. That the King's Reftraint,
in Law, is Artta Cujiodia; and they wifhed it might
83 be

278 *Ihe Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. be Saha Cujlod'ia^ though but lately they had In-
%__. l6*8'._* f°rmatlon to tne contrary. The Diftinction be-
ju!v. tween the King's natural and political Capacity was
Treafon in the Spencers ; (and fo declared by two
Acts of Parliament in the Time of Ed. II. and
Ed. III.) and my Lord Coke^ in Calvin's Cafe, af-
firmed, They are infeparable by Law. In Anfwer to
this Mr. Scott faid, That the City was as obnoxious
to the King's Anger as any Part of the Kingdom ;
and if the Treaty fhould be in London^ who could
fecure the Parliament that the City would not make
their Peace with the enraged King, by delivering
up their Heads to him for a Sacrifice, as the Men
of Samaria did the Heads of the feveniy Sons of
Ahab f It was alfo further moved. That if the King
came not to London, but to one of his Houfes about
ten Miles from thence, he might be defired to
give his Royal Word to refide their until thflBon-
cliifioh of the Treaty, Colonel Harvey flighted
this Motion, vilifying the King's Royal Word, and
faying, There was no Truft in Princes : To this
Purpofe he alledged, That the King's Promife had
been frequently broken ; as when he protefted that
the Safety and Privileges of Parliament fhoujd be
as precious to him as the Safety of his Wife and
Children ; and yet, within three or four Days after,
came with armed Guards to force the Houfe, in
the Cafe of the five Members.

This Argument was farther urged by Sir Henry
Vane, Jun. and Sir Henry Mildmay (d), who at-
tempted to jnftance many Particulars to prove that
the King was a perjured Man, and therefore ought
in no Cafe to be trufted : Whereupon Sir Symonds
D'Eives flood up, and declared himfelf to be of a
contrary Opinion ; for that the Houfe not only
ought, but mutt, truft his Majefty j and that they
' were not in a Condition to ftand upon fuch high
Terms : For, faid he, ' Tr. Speaker, If you know
pot in what ConditK -are, givp me Leave 19

a Word to tell you : i ow Silver is clipped j

yottf

(«/„' Mtrsurii-z rra*x:aiic:;:t N° 16.

of ENGLAND. 279

your Gold {hipped ; your Ships are revolted j An. 24. Car. I.
yourfelves contemned ; your Scots Friends enraged t *6*8' J
againft you ; and the Affections of the City and July."""
Kingdom quite alienated from you. Judge then
whether you are not in a low Condition, and alfo
if it be not high Time to endeavour a fpeedy
Settlement and Reconcilement with his Majefly ?'

At length the Houfe came to this Refolution, They refolre that
upon a Divifion of 80 againft 72, That the three his Majeftyflull
Propofitions for fettling Church-Government, for ^^ jS^g,
the Militia, and for recalling all Proclamations and rioqe fent into
Declarations againft the Parliament, be fent to the Scotland, before
King j and be by him affented to, and figned with £. * w
his Hand> before the Treaty : And that the fame
be made Acts of Parliament when the King. (hall

come to Wejlminfter. But the Place of Treaty

was not fixed upon till fome Months after.

Next Day the Commons fent up the foregoing
Vote, and another for fecuring and paying all juft
Debts, and making good all Engagements to all
Perfons that either have been, or fhall be, engaged
for the Parliament, before the final ConcluAon of a
Peace. To this laft the Lords agreed ; but the for-
mer was referred to Confideration the next Morn- To which the
ing, and all the Lords to be fummoned to appear. L«ds refufe th
At which Time, after reading the faid Vote, it Conc cncc>
was unanimoufly agreed to adhere to their former
Vote, That the three Propofitions fent into Scot-
land, to be granted by the King, before a Perfonal
Treaty be begun, be not infifted on. A Com-
mittee of Lords were alfo appointed to draw up
Rcafons, to be given at a Conference with the
fioufe of Commons, why their Lordfhips adhere
to their own Vote.

July 5. A Petition was prefcnted to the Lords,
by the Sheriffs and fome of the Aldermen and
Common-Council of London^ with another an-
both which were read as follows :

S 4. T*

280

Parliamentary HISTORY

A Petition from
the City of Lon-
don, inciofing

An. «4 Car. I. To the Right Honourable tin LORDS m the High
J648- Court of Parliament affimbled,

July. The HUMBLE PETITION of the Lord Mayor, Al-
dermen, and Commons of the City of London in
Common Council affembled,

Sheweth,

'1 ' HAT your Petitioners fitting in Common-
JL Council upon the weighty Affbjrs of the Ci^-
ty, had prefented unto them, by divers Field-Offi-
cers and Captains and their Com miilion- Officers
of the Trained Bands of the City of London and
the Liberties thereof, the Petition hereunto an-
nexed j which being openly read and ferioufiy
confidered, they apprehended that the fame is of
great Concernment, worthy of dueConfideration,
tending to the Honour and Safety of the King,
the Prefervation of the Parliament, and Settle-
ment cf the Peace and Welfare of the City and
Kingdom ; and they concurring with the Petition -
ers therein, have thought fit to prefent the farne
to this Honourable Houfe ; and they humbly
pray your Honours to take the fame into your
Confideration, and do therein as in your graye
Wifdoms you (hall think fit/

And they Jhall pi -ay, &e.

MICH ELL.

Another from
the Officers of
their Militu, for

To the Right Honourable the L o R D s a
Parliament,

Tie HUMBLE PETITION cf the Field-Officers,
Captains, and their CommijJifjn-Qfficers of the
Trained Bands of the City of London, and the
Liberties thereof,

Sbeweth,

« '"jp HAT out of the deep Senfe of the fad
c JL Miseries that lie upon thefe Kingdoms,
' the only vifible Remedy whereof, under God,
* TV« conceive to be a Perfona^ Treaty with his

« Majefty,

of E N G L A N D. 281

' Majefty, (which happy Work we hear is like to An« 24 Car. I.
'• be retarded, if noi fruftrated, by Fears and Jea-

* loufics fuggefted if it fhould be here in London

* which is fo much defired, as if inftead of Peace it
' would involve us all in Blood by Tumults that

* might be raifed by Pcrfons driving on their own

* Deiigns and Interefts) we think ourfelves bound

* in Duty, for promoting fo defirable a \Vork fo

* much as in us lies, to offer our Service, with our
' Lives and fortunes, to the utmoft to defend his
k jVIajefty's Royal Perfon arid this Parliament from
4 all Violence whatfoever, that they meet and

* treat with Freedom, Honour, and Safety, ao

* cording to the ancient fundamental Conftitution
' of the Kingdom ; and that whofoever {hall, by

* Tumults, Mutinies, and Infurre&ions, or other-
' wife, interrupt or force the Honour, Freedom,

* and Safety of the King or Parliament, we and all

* under our Commands (hall be ready, as one

* Man, to live and die in Defence of the King

* and Parliament according to our Covenant :

* Wherefore we humbly pray,

1. ' That for our Enablement thereunto, the

* Militia for the City of London and adjacent Parts

* may be fettled in one Committee ; and if your
« Wifdom {hall think fit to join fofne Perfons of

* the Parts adjacent to the Grand Committee, they
e may be fuch as have no Places of Profit which
' depend upon the Continuance of the War or of
e our Troubles ; or have {hewed themfelves dif-
' affected to the Ends of the Covenant.

2. ' That the King may be brought to London

* with Freedom, Honour, and Safety, to treat with

* the Parliament for fettling a fafe and well-
' grounded Peace.

3. c That the Militia may have Power to raife

* Horfe, if need be, for Defence of the King, Par-
4 liament, and City.

And we Jhall pray, &c.

The Petitioners being withdrawn, the Lords,
after Debate, refolyed, upon the Queftion, That

the

July. Kin

^Tbe Parliamentary HISTORY

the Houfe doth think fit that London be the Plac*
where the PerfonaJ Treaty fhall be had with the
"ing.

Then the Claufe in the Petition was read, That
the Militia of London, Weftminfter, Southwark,
and the Tower- Hamlets Jhall be joined together :
And the Queftion being put thereupon, it was re-
folved in' the Affirmative.

Next the Defire of the City To have Power to
raife Horfe was read : This alfo being refolved in
the Affirmative, a MefTage was fent to the Houfe of
Commons to defire their Concurrence therein.

Then the Sheriffs and others that prefented the
faid Petitions, were called in again ; and the Speaker,
by the Direction of the Houfe, gave them the fol-
lowing Anfwer ; Which, together with the two Pe-
titions, was ordered to be printed and published.

Gentlemeny

"TT* H E Lords have commanded me to let
« you know, that they have confidered of

* the Particulars this Day tendered by you unto
c them : They had, of themfelves, made fome
' Progrefs in thofe Things mentioned therein ;

* and they do now declare un.to you, that they have

* thought fit to grant your Defires in all the Par-

* ticulars contained in the Petitions ; in Confi-

* deuce that the City of London will be careful to

* make good their great Engagement, now made,

* For the fecuring and preferving his Majefty's Per-

* fon and the Parliament from Tumults, Mutinies,
* . and Infurredtions, or other Diforders that may

* interrupt the Honour, Freedom, and Safety of the
4 King and Parliament j as they cannot doubt but
4 .they will ftill adhere to live and die in Defence of

* their King and Parliament, according to theix

* Covenant.*

The two foregoing Petitions being prefented to

the Commons, they agreed to the joining of the

Miiiru of London \\-\\t\ Wejlminjier^ •&'{. But.de-

% ferrcd,

of E N G L A N D.

ferred the other Particulars thereof to a further A"
Day, as being of great Concernment.

The fame Day, July 5, a Petition was prefented
to the Houfe of Commons, by feveral Commanders
of Ships and Members of the Trinity- Houfe. The
Purport of it is not entered in their Journals ; but
Mr. Rujlwortb informs us, That it was fubfcribed Several Sea Com-

11 /»• r» t n rr • i • r> manners offer

by eighty well-affected Seamen ofFering their oer- the:r service for
vice, at the Command of the Parliament, for reduc- reducing the
ing the revolted Ships (<?). Another Contempo-
rary (f) fays, This Petition was intended as aCoun-
terpoifo'to that prefented on the 2Qth of June^ from
the Mafter and Wardens of the Trinity Houfe, pref-
fmg for a Perfonal Treaty with the King ; and that
Col. Rainfbvrougb, the Parliament's Vice- Admiral,
whom the Sailors had ejected out of that Port fome
little Time before the Revolt of the Fleet, was
employed, by the Committee at Derby-Houfe, to fo-
licit the common Sort of Mariners to fubfcribe this
Petition ; and that he gave a Shilling a-piece to as
many as fubfcribed it.- —Be that as it will, 'tis cer-
tain, however it might be procured, the Prefent-
ment of it gave great Pleafure to the Houfe of
Commons, as fully appears by the following un-
common Anfwer entered in their Journals :

Capt. Moiilton and the reft of you Gentlemen^
* The Houfe has read your Petition with much
Content and Satisfaction : And you are to be
thanked, in a fpecial Manner, that you have up-
held the Honour of the Mariners of the Engllfh
Nation, by your Fidelity, in thefe Times of
Danger, which thofe that are revolted much ble-
mifhed : And, for your good Affections and cor-
dial Expreflions, the Houfe has commanded me
to give you hearty Thanks ; and that you deferve
more than Thanks : And the Houfe has given
Order, that thofe Things that you defire be put
into fpeedy and effectual Execution.'

July
f«) CtHetlitst, Vol. VIII. p. 1177, (f) Walker, utfufra.

284 T&e Parliamentary HISTORY

*4 Car. I. July 6.- A Letter and Paper from the Parlia-
*648- ^ merit's Commiflioners refiding in Scotland, was
"~TC read in the Houfe of Lor.ds :

For tie Right Honourable EDWARD Earl of
MANCHESTER, Speaker of the Houfe of
Peers pro Tempore.

Edinburgh, 'June 27, 1648.
May it pleafe your Lord/kip, ,

Mw» Papers fent e %7 OUR Lordfiiips MefTenger came to us
*

the 2lft of this

ftant June^ and brought us the three Propofi-
' tions, with Directions to communicate them to
' the Parliament of Scotland; but they were ad-
« journed for almoil two Years. Becaufe this
' could not be known by your Lordfhips when

* you made that Refolution, we thought fit, for
' your Lordfhips Service, to communicate them
« to the Committee of Eftates, which we did the

* Day following ; and with them fent a Letter

* and the inclofed Paper of June the 22d. We

* did likewife give in to the faid Committee the
' inclofed Paper of June 17, whereunto they have
« promifed an Anfwer. In the mean Time they
' make great Hafte in the railing of their Army,
' which is drawing near the Borders.

4 We believe we {hall not be able to do your
4 Lordfhips much more Service here, and there-

* fore would be glad, if your Lordfhips fhould think

* fit, to have Leave to return home. However,
' we fhall not prefer our Defires before your Lord-
<• ftiips Service.

My Lord,

TCyur Lordfhips mo/l faithful
and humble Servant,
NOTTINGHAM.

P. B. * We were deiired by Monfteur de Man-
' ireuil, the French Refident here, who hath car-
e ried civilly towards us, to give him a Pafs through

* England^

of ENGLAND. 285

England) he beinsc returning about the AfFairs of An- .24 Car
the King his Matter : We told him we had no t__ lt>4_
Authority to command his Paflage, but we would juiy.
defire it, in a Paper under our Hands. This we
have done accordingly, directed To all Officers,
Soldiers, and other Perfons ivhatfutver whom it may
concern, within the Kingdom of Englanr', Of this
we thought it our Duty to give you Notice.'

A C o P Y of the PAPER fent to the Committee if
Ejifites, concerning their declaring again/I thofe in
Berwick and Carlifle, and that the Scots Forces
Jhall not be employed to the Prejudice of England.

Edinburgh, Jims 17, 1648.
the Commiflioners of the Parliament
of England, have long waited for a fa-
tisfa&ory Anfwer to our many Papers given to
your Lordfhips and the Honourable the Parlia-
ment of Scotland, concerning our Demand, That
your Lordfhips would declare again ft thofe De-
linquents, Papifts, and Enemies to the Kingdom
and Parliament of England, who, .contrary to the
Treaties betwixt both Kingdoms, have feized,
and do hold, the Towns of Berwick and CarliJJs,
and thofe of this'K.ingclom who afijft them or ad-
here to them : We have, from Time to Time,
made known to your Loralhips what credible
Informations we have received of fcveral Stores
of Ann?, Ammunition, anu Provifions that .have
gone to them out of this Kingdom, which we
might juftly expect your Lordfhips would not
have fuffered, confidering the Ariel: Union that
is betwixt England and Scotland, although there
had been no particular Agr7cments concerniag
the aforefaid Towns ; but feeing the Commanders
in thofe Towns have ftill free Recourfe to this
City, and they are not only fupplied, but much,
encouraged, by the Delay of your Lordfhips Re-
folutions ; which being fo much to the Prejudice
of the Kingdom of England, and the Bufinefs of
fo great Importanc^to the Peace of both King-
c < doxns-

286

An. 24. Car. I-
1618. .

*The Parliamentary HISTORY

doms, we fhould much fail in the Difcharge of
our Duties, if we ceafed not earneftly to prefr
your Lordlhips, which hereby we do, for year
Anfiver to our feveral Papers concerning Berwick
and Carlijk.

' We do likewife further defire, That as we,
by the Command of both Houfes of the Parlfa-
ment of England, have engaged the Faith of
that Kingdom, that their Armies and Forces fhall
not do any thing to the Prejudice of the King-
dom of Scotland^ or difturb the Peace and Quiet
thereof; fo your Lordfbips would make the iike
Engagement, that the Armies and Forces of this
Kingdom (hall not do any thing to the Prejudice
or Difturbance of the Peace and Quiet of the
Kingdom of England ; which if your Lordfhips
(hall deny or delay, confided ng how ambiguous
your Lordmips Expreflions were upon this Buh-
nefs, in the Paper of the Parliament of Scotland^
of the /th of June Inftant, it muft needs in-
creafe the Fears and Jealoufies of all honeft Men
in both Kingdoms, who wifh, and hold them-
felves obliged to endeavour, the continuing and
preferving the happy Union betwixt them.
By Command tf the Conimijflionen of the Parlia-
ment of England,

EDWARD FOX.

jfCoPY of the PAPER fcnt to 'the Committee' of
Ejlatei, June 22, 1648, with the THREE
PROPOSITIONS to be Jent to the King (g).

' "ROTH Houfes of the Parliament of England

* J.J have commanded us to communicate to your
' Lordfhips their Refolutions inclofed, concerning

* the Proportions to be fent to his Majefty ; and
' we have further in Charge to defire your Lord-
' fnips to prepare fuch Propofitions as you ihall
c judge fit and neceflary for the Kingdom of Scot-
' land+ that they may be fent to his Maiefty with
4 all convenient Speed. We hope your Lordfhips

* will take this and our former Papers, to which

' we
(g) Thsfe Propofitioiw are already given at p. £29»

of ENGLAND. 287

we have yet received no Anfwer, into your fpeedy .AB- 24 Car»
Confideration ; we being confident your Lord- * '
{hips will find the Offers and Proceedings of the
Parliament of England fo reafonable and fo juft,
according to the former Agreements betwixt both
Kingdoms, and the Grounds whereupon both
Kingdoms were engaged in this Caufe, that we
(hall fpeedily be enabled, by your Lordftiips An-
fwer, to give fuch an Account to bothHoufesas
may be a Ground of further mutual Confidence
betwixt both Kingdoms; and may difappoint the
Hopes and Expectations of the Papifts and Ma-
lignants, who endeavour to break that Coujunc-
tion wherein both Kingdoms, by the Blefling df
God, are fo happily united, and all of us have
entered into a Solemn Covenant to God, and one
with another, to maintain.

By Command of the Commijjioners of the Parlia-
ment of England,

EDWARD FOX.

The Commons this Day rcfolved, That all the
Papers relating to the Negotiations between the
Englifh Commiflioners and the Parliament of Scot-
land^ fhould be forthwith printed and publifhed. But
this was not done till the J4th of Auguft following.
To this Colic fi ton (h] we are obliged for feveral Pa-
pers not entered in the Journals of either Houfe.

At this Time came Intelligence of 500 Horfe be-
ing got together near Kmgjlon upon Thames^ head- Thc
ed by the Earl of Holland and the Duke of Buck- Buck
ingbam, with his Brother Lord Francis Villiers'\ Earls
that the Earl of Peterborough had joined them; that J
they had declared for the King ; fummoned the Arms infau

Country of thc KinS-

(A) In the Tide-Page the Defign of the Publication is thus fct
forth : That it may appear nvbat the Endeavours of tbe Kingdom of
England bai-e been to keep a good Undcrftar.ding, and to preserve tbe
Union bettcfcr. the Natitns : And boiv tbe Seizing of Berwick aad
Carlifle by Papi/h and other notorious Delinquents (againft ivbom both
Kingdtmi lately juimd in War as Emmies fo the Happinejs and Peace
cf bath) ivas countenanced, if not procured, by tbe Scots Nation, con-
trary to federal Treaties and Agreements between tbe Kingdoms of
England and Scotland.

London^ printed for Edward HuJlanJ, Printer to the Honourable
Houfe of Commons, Sti/£uji 14, 1648.

288

Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 04 Car. I. Country to come in ; and plundered fome of the
1 l648' • Parnament's Friends. This Affair foon difcovered
julj,t itfelf more fully : For,

July 7. A Letter was read in the Houfe of
Lords, from Col. Dinglty at Hampton-Court , di-
rected thus :

For my Honoured Friend, JOHN BROWN, Eft,
Clerk of the Parliament^

SIR, July 6, 1648.

* *T*HESE Letters are of much Concern to the
c A Publick Bufincfs, therefore I defire the
c Packet may be delivered with all Speed ; for the
' timely Notice may prevent much Danger.

Tour Servant,

JO. DINGLEY.

In the Packet were three Letters incloied ; one
directed for the Speaker of the Houfe of Lords,
another for that of the Commons, and a third for
the Lord Mayor. The two laft were immediately
fent as directed, and the firft was read as follows :
together with a Declaration under the fame Cover.

F&r the Right Hon. the SPEAKER cf the Houfe of

PiERS.
My Lord,

WE do here take away your Jealoufies,
by giving you a clear Knowledge of our
Defigns j which if you fhall be pleafed to com--
municate to the Houfe of Peers, we hope they
will find we do not vary from thofe Principles
and Grounds we have been engaged in, both
for his Majefty and the Parliament ; which God
give them Grace fo to think and advife upon it,
as his Majefty may find his juft Rights, accprd-
ing to our Covenant and Declarations, and the
Parliament rife and recover the Dignity due unto

« them,

of ENGLAND.

c unto them, by a fpeedy Way of fettling the Peace An. 24 car. r.
* of this diftrafted Kingdom. t l6*8' »

Tour Lord/hip's mo/1 humble Servants,

G. BUCKINGHAM.

HOLLAND.

PETERBOROUGH.

The DECLARATION of the Duke of Buckingham,
the Earls of Holland and Peterborough, and other
Lords and Gentlemen, now ajjociated for the King
and Parliament, the Religion, Laws, and Peace
of his Majejlfs Kingdoms.

FINDING this Conjuncture to be the proper A Declaration of
Time when this wearied Kingdom may be their Intentions,
delivered from thofe Miferies it both hath and
may apprehend yet to feel by fuch Perfons as are
ill affected to our Peace ; who at this Time,
without Authority orCommiffions, difperfe them-
felves into all Parts to raife Forces, with no
other Intention but to continue a bloody and in-
teftine War ; which may prove dangerous to the
whole Kingdom from the Affiftance they find by
the Committees of the feveral Counties, who
have fo abufed their Power and the People by an
arbitrary Way of Government, as they fhun and
apprehend nothing more than what we (hall en-
deavour and feek, Peace and a well-fettled Go-
vernment : And therefore that the whole King-
dom may be fatisfied upon what Grounds and
Principles we go to oppofe and prevent this Mif-
chief and Danger, we do here declare, That we
do take up Arms for the King and Parliament,
Religion and the known Laws, and Peace of all
his Majefty's Kingdoms ; profeffing before Af-
mighty God, That we have no other Defign in ,
this Undertaking, but to fee this well and fpee-
dily eftablifhed ; and will, with Readinefs and
Joy, lay them down whenfoever God fhall give
us the Enjoyment of this Bleffing ; profeffing
that, whatfoever may be our Succeis and Profpe-
VOL. XVII. T < rity

290

An. 24 Car. 1

1648.

The Parliamentary HISTORY

rity in this good Caufe, we {hall not fay by way
of Menace to the Parliament, that we will ufe
the Power God hath put into our Hands ; but
{hall blefs God that he hath made us the Inftru-
ments to ferve the King, the Parliament and
Kingdom, in the way of Peace, in a juft and
equal Compofure between them : And we hope
the City and Kingdom will well weigh and con-
fider, whether they may not more reafonably and
confcionably join with us in thefe pious and peace-
able Refolutions, than with thofe Forces that
have, by their Breach of Faith and their Difobe-
dience, kept up the Sword, when thofe that de-
livered it into their Hands commanded the laying
of it down ; which Difobedience hath brought
this frefh Storm of Blood that is now falling up-
on this Kingdom, and all thofe Fears and Con-
fufions that Petitions daily {hew to be in the
Thoughts and Apprehenfions both of the City
and the whole Kingdom. We might add fad
Circumftances that are of late difcovered and
broken out concerning his Majefty's Perfon, and
likewife a confufed and levelling Undertaking to
overthrow Monarchy, and to turn Order, that
preferves all our Lives and Fortunes, into a wild
and unlimited Confullon : But we defire not to
exprefs any Thing with Sharpnefs, fmce our
End and Purfuit is only Peace ; which {hall ap-
pear to all the World, whenfoever we may fee
a Perfonal Treaty fo begun with his Majefty as
we may expect a happy Conclufion by it j which
cannot follow but by a Ceflation of Arms, that
in all Parts of the World hath accompanied thefe
Treaties, even between the bittereft Enemies,
Cbrijlians and Turks, much more to be expected
in thefe our civil Divifions amongft ourfelves ; for
the Sword fliould not be in Action as long as a
Treaty of Peace is in Agitation, fince Accidents
of Hoftility on both Sides will fliarpen and divide
us rather than clofe and unite us. This we thought
fit both to defire and to declare, that theDifcourfes
that may be raifed upon our Actions may not

« have

*f ENGLAND. 291

have Power to abufe the Kingdom, as if we did An. 14. Car
only move in a Way to fet up his Majefty in a ^_
Tyrannical Power, rather than in his juft Regal ju]y<
Government ; the which hath been always found,
in this Nation, very well confiftent with the due
Rights and Freedom of Parliament, which we
do here moil faithfully proteft the endeavouring a
Prefervation of, and call God to witnefs our Sin-
cerity in this Intention.

G. BUCKINGHAM.

HOLLAND.

PETERBOROUGH.

The Letter to the Speaker of the Houfe of Com-
mons and to the Lord Mayor, are not entered ia
the Journals : But in our Collections we find a Copy
thereof, printed by Royjhn : The former is exact-
ly the fame as that fent to the Lords, mutatis mu-
tandis, and the latter runs thus :

To the LORD MAYOR, ALDERMEN, and COM-
MONS of the City in Common-Council ajjembled.

HAVING a long Time beheld the fad Ca- And another
lamities and Miferies of thefe Kingdoms, Letter from them
and finding no other Means for Redrefs, we are to the city °^
forced into this Undertaking ; which we delire °n °a*
may be rightly underftood of all that are well af-
fe£ted, efpecially of this City, whofe Actions and
Endeavours do fufficiently evidence their good
Affections. To this End we have inclofed a
brief Account of our Intentions, which we hope
may give Satisfaction both to you and the whole
Kingdom, whofe Afliftance, with God's Blefling,
we deiire no farther than our Defigns are real for
the Good and Happinefs both of the King, Par-
liament, and Kingdom, according to our Cove-
nant.

Tour humble Servants,

G. BUCKINGHAM.
HOLLAND.
PETERBOROUGH.
T 2 The

1648.

— v —

Ju'y-

Their Attempt
defeated by the
Parliament's
Forces.

292 The Parliamentary HISTORY

24 Car. I. The foregoing Letters being read in the Houfe
of Commons, they immediately pafled a Vote, de-
claring the Duke of Buckingham, the Earls of Hol-
land and Peterborough, and all that have or fhall
adhere to them, Traitors and Rebels, as levying
War againft the Parliament and Kingdom j and
that they ought to be proceeded againft as fuch :
Alfo that the Committees in the feveral Counties,
where any of their Eftates lie, do forthwith pro-
ceed to the Sequeftration thereof.

This Attempt in Favour of the King proved
abortive, the Forces ratfed upon that Occafion be-
ing totally routed, a few Days after, by Sir Michael
Livefay and Major Gibbons. The Earl of Holland
fled to St. Neat's, in Huntingdon/hire, where he
was taken by Col. Scrape j and being, by Order of
Parliament, committed to Warwick-Caftle, conti-
nued a Prifoner till he loft his Head upon the Scaf-
fold. The Duke of Buckingham and the Earl of
Peterborough made their Efcape into London, and
there lay concealed till they found an Opportunity
of going into Holland, and joining the Prince ot
Wales.. The Motives to this Infurre&ion, and the
Particulars of the Defeat, are amply related by the
Contemporary Hiftorians (*').

July 8. The Earl of Lincoln reported the Rea-
fons for adhering to the Vote of the 30th of Jurit
laft j which being read were approved of, and or-
dered to be communicated to the Commons at a
Conference.

The Lords Rea-
fons for not in-
fjfting on the
Three Propofi-
tions previous to
a Treaty with
the King.

REASONS why the LORDS adhere to their former

Vote.

i. « T^Ecaufc the Condition of the Affairs of the
£ D Kingdom, at this Time, will not permit
Delays, but require all poflible Expedition ; to
fatisfy the Expectation of the People, who un-
fatiably thirft after Peace, as it is manifefted by
feveral Petitions from the City, feveral Counties,
and the Mariners j whereby it appears they are

* impatient

(/) Clarendon, Vol. V. p. IM, 174. Whitlcckt, p. 313. War-
ck'i Memoirs, p. 315. Lvdltw, Vol. I. p. 155.

^ENGLAND. 293

* impatient of Delay of a Perfonal Treaty, which An. 24 Car. I,
' they have exprefTed to be the only Means to ob- *6*

4 tainaPeace: But this is like to be a dilatory Way, July. "

* in the Judgment of the Houfe of Lords, if they
4 fhould defer the Treaty with his Majefty until
' he hath promifed to pafs thefe three Bills before
' all other Things are agreed on ; for the King

* hath often exprefly declared, that he will not con-
4 fent to any Pre-engagement till all be concluded ;
4 and therefore it may be well expected that the
4 fending thefe Proportions, as previous, will beget
4 a Denial, which muft needs protract Time.

2. 4 It is againft the Nature of all Treaties be-
4 twixt Nations, and betwixt Kings and their Sub-

* jec~rs, for one Party to grant the greateil Part in

* Controverfy, before he be afTured that the other
' Party will grant any Thing for his Security and
4 Satisfaction.

3. ' It may make a Breach between the two

* Kingdoms ; for our Brethren of Scotland do in-
4 fift upon a Perfonal Treaty with his Majefty at
' fome of his Houfes, where he may be with Ho-
4 nour, Safety, and Freedom ; that fo both King-

* doms, jointly, may make their Application to

* him for a fafe and well-grounded Peace : But
' there is no Certainty, nor much Probability, of
' their confenting to defer the Treaty till thefe three
4 Propofitions be granted ; therefore the Lords hold
' it beft to proceed according to what they have al-
' ready agreed on.

4. 4 That both Houfes thought fit to treat, both
4 at Uxbridge and Oxford^ without any precedent
4 Propofitions granted, tho' the King at that Time
4 was provided with confiderable Forces to balance
' that of the Parliament, whereas the Cafe is now
4 far different ; wherefore the Lords think they may

* better do fo now.'

* La/lfy, The Lords are unwilling to leave any
4 Means unattempted for the Procurement of a
< Settlement of this miferably diftracted Nation ;
•* and therefore the King, having fo often, by his

* MefTages, reiterated his Defires to be heard that

T 3 4 he

ffljg Parliamentary HISTORY

< he might give Reafons for what is ftuck at on his
f Part ; or receive Reafons whereby his Judgment
c might be convinced, concerning thofe Things de-
6 manded on the Parliament's Part ; the Lords

* think that, by their yielding and complying with
t his Majefty herein, they (hall approve themfelves

* to God and to the World in fuch Manner, that if
4 the King ftiould not condefcend to grant fuch
4 reafonable and juft Demands as (hall appear, to
' all indifferent and difengaged Perfons, to he ne-

* ceflary to the breeding of a mutual Confidence

* betwixt the King and Parliament, it will redound

* wholly to his own Difadvantage; but the Parlia-
' ment will have acquitted themfelves in the Dif-

* charge of their Duty, and manifefted really, as

* well as verbally, their fincere Defire to obtain
« Peace, which ought to be the End aimed at in all
1 juft Wars.

' The Lords defire further, in thefe Things,

* clearly to be underftood, That though they ad-
' here to their former Vote of the 30th of June

* laft; yet their Intentions are, that thefe three
' Propositions may be firft treated of and agreed

* upon, as Proportions in the Beginning of this
' Treaty, to be parted as Acts of Parliament, when
6 the whole (hall be concluded and agreed upon.'

The fame Day another Letter from Col. Ham-
rnond, concerning the Charge againft Major Ralph,
was read, directed to the Speaker of the Houfe of
Peers,

CariJbrooke-Ca/lle, July 4, 1648.
My Lord,

Col. Hammond's c 13 EING deeply fenfible of the Reflection upon
Vindication of ' D me, and divers other innocent Perfons, by
-him?lf^°Uch" ' Mr- OJbornis Proceedings in Excufe of his odi-

ing the Charge ,_,-' , T <=> . ..

againft Major c ous Treachery ; 1 am bold to beg of you, that this
Rolph. * Charge againft Major Ralph may be brought to

' a fpeedy Examination ; who, I am confident,
' will appear a Man exceedingly injured, and this
* only a Defign to work greater Difturbances in
f thefe diftra<5ted Times.

'As

^ENGLAND. 295

* As this horrid* Scandal relates to the Army, I An. 14 Car. I.
muft fay, that, neither directly nor indirectly,

from any Member of it, or from any other
Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, did I ever re-
ceive a Word or Tittle tending, in the leaft,
to fuch a wicked Purpofe ; much lefs, as it
relates to myfelf, could I, or did I, fpeak any
fuch Thing to Major Ralph. But this is not the
firft Fruit of this Kind I have received for my
faithful Service to you, nor is it more than what
I have expected ; yet herein I am fatisfied, that,
in Faithfulnefs and Integrity, I have obferved your
Commands with all poflible Care of, and Refpecl;
to, the Perfon of the King ; fo that, come what
will come, I can fay, from a good Confcience,
the Will of God be done : And in this I appeal
to his Majefty, who, of any Man, beft knows
it ; and who doth, and I doubt not will ftill,
upon every Occafion, as Opportunity ferves, fuf-
ficicntly clear me.

* My Lord, if thro* Mr. OJlornis Malice, or ra-
ther the wicked Deflgn of thofe who have fet him -
on Work, you have received the leaft Prejudice
againft me, be pleafed to fend down fome other,
whom you may judge more worthy of your Truft,
to receive my Charge j and I fhall immediately,
with all poflible Speed, prefent myfelf to you to
receive your Pleafure. In the mean Time it fhall
be the Bufmefs of my beft Endeavours to preferve
his Majefty's Perfon from Danger, as well as in
Security, in this Place, according to your Com-
mands, until I receive Inftru&ions for his Re-
moval ; which I hope and expect will be fudden.

' My Lord, when I am thoroughly confidered,
you will find none more faithful to you, and more
obfervant to your Commands, than,

Tour Lord/hip's mojl bumble Servant,

RO. HAMMOND.

July 12. A Petition was prefented to the Lords,
by Alderman Fowke and others, of a different Ten-
T 4 dencyv

296

The Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. dency to any of the foregoing, and wherein the
1648. j^ing is much more flighted : This we find no
where but in their Journals.

July.

A Petition from
feveral Citizens
of London, not
to make Peace
with the King
without previous
Security.

To the Right Honourable the LORDS and COMMONS
in Parliament ajjembled,

The HUMBLE PETITION of divers -well-affefied
Magijlrates, Mini/lers, Citizens, and other In-
habitants of the City of London, and Parts ad-
jacent^

Shewed,

'T' A A T we cannot but take Notice of the
•*• many Obftru&ions you have met withall,
whilft, with indefatigable Care and Diligence,
you have been earneftly labouring and endeavour-
ing the Deliverance of the People of this King-
dom from thofe many and great Invafions made,
and much more intended, upon Religion and
Civil Liberties, had not you, afiifted by the Al-
mighty God, interpofed, for which we cannot
but render all humble and hearty Thanks ; and
now finding the fame evil Spirit reviving and
working much more ftrongly and effectually,
though much more clofely and cunningly, under
fpecious Pretences j attempting that by Subtilty,
which, by the Goodnefs of our God, they could
not obtain by Power ; ufing fuch Things as an Oc-
cafion and Means to divide, which, at firft, were
ordained for uniting of all the godly and honeft
People of the three Kingdoms upon fafe and juft
Principles, viz. the Proteftation in May, 1641;
the Vow in June, 1643 j the Solemn League and
Covenant in September, 1643 » an^ y°ur other fe-
veral Votes and Declarations to the fame EfFecT: :
Although your Petitioners do moft heartily defire
a right Underftanding and an happv Reconcile-
ment between the King and Parliament, yet it is
far from the Thoughts of the Petitioners (and
they hope of many others that have lately, out of
good Affection, petitioned for a Perfonal Treaty)
to make ufe of Tumults or Commotions, and
2 ' Revolts

of E N G L A N D. 297

Revolts of Caftles and Ships, thereby engaging An- *4 Car-
the Kingdom in a new War, or of any other Dif- t * 4
ficulties the Parliament hath been, or may be, ju,y.
expofed unto, to precipitate their Councils, or
to deftroy their Forces that now are, or hereafter
{hall be, raifed ; being, as the Petitioners con-
ceive, contrary to the faid Proteftation, Vow,
and Covenant, as it is alfo calculated to necefli-
tate the Parliament to a Treaty, before fuch Sa-
tisfaction and Security be given as may obtain the
Ends of our former Engagements.
* Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray, That
; you will adhere to the faid Proteftation, Vow,
; and Covenant, and to the conftant Tenor of all
1 your former Declarations ; and not recede from
£ thofe firft and juft Principles, viz. the Safety of
4 yourfelves, and all that have or {hall adhere to

* you ; the Reformation and Prefervation of Reli-
4 gion ; the Maintenance and Defence of our

* Laws and Liberties which you have openly held
4 forth to all the World, and by which you have

* engaged all the honeft and well-affected People

* of all the three Kingdoms to ferve you, with their
4 Lives and Eftates ; left you betray yourfelves and
4 them to the mercilefs Cruelties of thofe that feek
4 your and their Deftrudtion, and draw the Blood
4 of many innocent Perfons upon you and yours.

4 For Prefervation whereof your Petitioners fur-

* ther humbly defire you will faithfully preierve in

* the due Execution of your faid juft Undertakings
4 and Engagements ; and that fuch a Courfe by your
4 Wifdoms may be taken, for Security and Satif-

* faction to be given as aforefaid, that neither his
4 Majefty, nor any other, may have Occafion or
4 Opportunity of renewing the old or raifing a new
4 War ; and in fo doing that God, who hath hi-
4 therto owned you and your Caufe, will afluredly
4 do fo ftill ; and we your Petitioners, with many
4 Thoufands, as formerly, fo are ftill ready, in
4 purfuance of the faid Proteftation, Vow, and Co-
4 venant, with their Lives and Fortunes, to ad-

c venture

298 The Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24. c.ir. I. < venture all with you and vour Forces, in this com-
mon Caufe, againit all Oppofition.

And we Jhall ever pray, &c.

This Petition, as the Journal exprefles, was faid
to be fubfcribed by divers Thoufands, in the Name
of feveral well-affected Magiftrates, Minifters, Ci-
tizens, and other Inhabitants of the City of Lon-
don, and Parts adjacent ; but the Perfons that
brought it in being withdrawn, the Lords debated
fome Time on the Queftion, Whether to return
them Thanks for it, or not ? which was carried in
the Affirmative ; the Earls of Lincoln and Suffolk,
and the Lord Hunfdon, entering their DifTent
againft it. After which the Speaker, by Command
of the Houfe, returned the following Anfwer :
The Anfwer gi- ' The Lords have full Confidence of the faithful
•yen to it by the Services and Conftancy of you, who. now have de-
Lordj, Jivered this Petition ; and have commanded me to

give you Thanks for your Fidelity to the Parlia-
ment j and to defire that, in their Names, Thanks
may be returned to all the reft of the Petitioners,
for the expreflingof their good Affections and Zeal
to the Honour and Safety of the Parliament. They
have further commanded me to aflure you, Thtt
their Endeavours mail be fo to aft, as that they
may declare to the whole Kingdom their conftant
Adherence to their Proteftation, Vow, and Cove-
nant, in the Maintenance of the Caufe they are
engaged in, and in the procuring and fettling a fafe
and well-grounded Peace.'

But when this Petition was prefented to the
Commons, they were fo far from any Debate whe-
ther the Petitioners mould receive Thanks or not,
that the Speaker, by Order of the Houfe, gave
them an Anfwer exprefied in the higheft Terms of
Satisfaction; which, with the Petition, was ordered
to be forthwith printed and publiihed, as follows :

An* by the Com- * HP HE Houfe hath received your Petition, and

mo™. ' -» taken into their ferious Confideration the

* Matter thereof: They find it a Petition fur Peace,

'for

of ENGLAND.

* for Peace indeed : Such a Peace as is purfued by An.

* this Houfe, and all honeft Men, with Prefervation
' of Religion, the Laws, and the Liberties of the

* Subject, in a fqfe and well-grounded Peace, upon

* the Principles whereon we firft engaged : They
' look alfo upon the Seafonablenefs of it, at fuch
4 Time when Men's Spirits, by the Artifice of
' Malignants, are fo heightened againft the Par-

* liament, that honeft Men fcarce dare own the
' former Caufe : And yet, at this Time you dare
1 juftify your firft Principles : And when there is
' fcarce Power to imprifon any of our Enemies,
' that either hath, or doth now engage in this new

* and bloody Defign, without Tumults and Re-
' fcues ; and yet now you dare avouch your former
' Undertakings.

' The Houfe doth alfo obferve the Quality of
*• the Petitioners ; divers Aldermen, and great Ma-
4 giftrates of the City of London ; many Reverend

* Minifters, who have always held clofe to the
£ Caufe ; many noble Commanders and Officers,
•* and other the Gentlemen of Birth and Quality,
' that have lefs valued their Blood, than the Ha-
' zard and Lofs of fo noble an Undertaking : In

* which they perceive the Conftancy of your Refo-
' lutions to the Caufe of the Kingdom, and of your

* Affection to this Houfe.

' I am commanded to give you their real and
' hearty Thanks, and to declare unto you, That

* they are refolved to adhere to their firft Prin-

* ciples, and with their Lives and Fortunes main-
c tain the fame, and all that do adhere to them

* therein j and alfo do approve of the Petition, and
' the Matter thereof: And they have further com-

* manded me to afiure you, That, in compofing

* of the Peace they are now upon, they will take
' Care for the Prefervation of Religion, the Laws,
' and the Liberties of all thofe that have or fhall

* adhere and remain conftant to thefe Ends.'

The fame Day a MefTage came up to the Lords
from the other Houfe, along with a Letter from

Maiar-

OQO 3%e Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24. Car. !• Major- General Lambert ', in which was inclofed
*64-8- another from the Duke of Hamilton ; the Purport
* Tj ' of which were as follows : And firft the Duke's.

Noble Sir, Annan^ July 6, 1648.

The Duke of < "" j""HE Parliament of the Kingdom of Scotland^
"rT^Geneir ' * uPon the Confideration of the great Dan-
Lambert, upon ' ger imminent to Religion, his Majefty's Sacred
the scots Army's « Perfon, and the Peace of his Kingdoms, from
England? ^ * the Prevailing Power of Sectaries and their Ad-

* herents in England^ did lately fend to the Ho-
' nourable Houfes of Parliament fuch Demands as
c they conceived jurr. and neceflary ; whereunto
4 not receiving any fatisfadlory Anfwer, and find-
' ing their Dangers ftill increafing by great Forces
6 drawn together upon their Borders, the Com-
' mittee of Eftates of Parliament have thought fit

* to Jay their Commands upon me, with fuch other

* noble Perfons as they have joined with me in this

* their Service, for profecuting their juft Defires, in

* purfuance of the Ends of the Covenant, according
c to the ioint Declaration of both Kingdoms of the
" 6th of January, 164-?, for fettling of Religion ; li-

* berating his Majefty from his bafe Imprifonment;

* freeing the Honourable Houfes from fuch Re-
i ftraint by Forces which have been long upon

* them ; difbanding all Armies, whereby the Sub-

* jeers may be freed from the intolerable Burthen

* of Taxes and free Quarter, which they have fo

* long groaned under ; and for procuring the fettling

* of a folid Peace and firm Union betwixt the two

* Kingdoms under his Majefty's Government.

' Thefe being the true Intentions and Defires of
c the Kingdom of Scotland^ who will moft faith-

* fully obierve, on their Parts, their Engagement
' by Covenant and Treaties to their Brethren of

* England ; I expecl therefore you will not oppofe

* this pious, loyal, and neceflary Undertaking ; but
€ gather join with them and me in the Profecution

* of thofe Ends.

4 I (hall defire that the Bearer, the Trumpeter,
c may not be Jong kept ; but returning with your

* prefent.

of E N G L A N D. 301

€ prefent pofitive Anfwer* that accordingly I may An- *4 Car.
* move as I am commanded. I am, t * 4 '

'SIR, Jtily*

Your humble Servant,

HAMILTON.

To his Excellency JAMES Duke of HAMILTON and
CHASTLEHERAULT, &c. General of all the Scots
Forces by Sea and Land.

My Lord, CaJlle-Sowerby, July 8, 1648.

IHave received a Letter from your Excellency, Generai Lam.
by your Trumpeter, which mentions that the bert's Anfwer,
Parliament of Scotland having, upon Confidera-
tion of the Danger to Religion, his Majefty's
Perfon, and Kingdoms, by Sectaries in England,
addrefled themfelves to the Parliament of England
for Redrefs, they have not received a fatisfaclory
Anfwer therein* To this, my Lord, I (hall not
take upon me to give any Anfwer, feeing their
late Ordinances concerning the Settlement of
Religion, their fundry Addrefles and Proportions
tendered to his Majefty, in order to the Peace
and Well-being of this Kingdom, arc publifhed
and laid open to the View of the World j all
which, I doubt not, are well known to your Ex-
cellency.

' To what your Lordfhip mentions concerning
the Increafe of Danger, by the drawing of fome
Forces upon the Borders of Scotland, I can more
fully anfwcr; having the Charge and Conduct
thereof, by Commiffion from his Excellency the
Lord Fairfax^ and I have his pofitive Command to
be moil tender in acting any Thing which might
give any feeming Occafion of Offence to our Bre-
thren of Scotland: Thefe Commands I can confi-
dently fay I have hitherto moft cautioufly and
punctually obferved ; and further, that I do believe
that it never entered into the Parliament's, or his
ExcelJeiM :y'? Thoughts, to act any Thing preju-

' dicial

302

An. 24. Car. I.

1648.

The Parliamentary HISTORY

dicial or harmful to the Kingdom of Scotland-, and
what the true Reafons are which did occafion the
drawing thefe Forces fo near the Borders I {hall
not need to mention, all Men knowing it to be for
the fuppreffing of Sir Marmaduke Langdale and his
Adherents, many of whom are Papifts and grand
Delinquents, and are lately rifen in Rebellion
againft the Parliament ; and have ever been, and
ftill are, notorious Oppofers of the Ends of the
Covenant, according to the joint Declaration of
both Kingdoms of the 6th of January, 164!, for
fettling of Religion, his Majefty in his due Rights
and Prerogatives, and for the procuring of a firm
Peace a/id Union betwixt both Nations.
* For what your Lordfhip mentions for the free-
ing the Honourable Houfes from Reftraint of
Forces lying upon them; I cannot but wonder at
their Artifice who have fo cunningly fuggefted
thefe Things to the Parliament of Scotland, as to
pofTefs them with the Belief thereof; feeing it is
apparent to all Men that th.e Parliament fits and
votes free ; and no vifible Force in this Kingdom
acts any Thing but by their immediate Com-
mand, except thofe Malignants and fome few
of their Adherents formerly mentioned. And for
yourLordfhip's further Satisfaction in this, I know
no furer Way to underftand the Truth than by an
Anfwer from the Parliament, which I doubt not
but you will readily receive. I (hould trouble
yourLordfliip too much, if I fhould only briefly
run over their Labours for the difbanding of all
Forces, except fuch as they did judge neceflary
for the Kingdom's and their own Defence ; as
alfo their Zeal for freeing the Subjects from un-
neceflary Taxes and free Quarter, which I per-
fuade myfelf your Lordfhip cannot but, in fome
Meafure, have heard of before this Time ; and
therefore I (hall ftill, in Satisfaction to your Lord-
(hips Expectation, Tl)at I /hould not oppofe the
Committee of Eft aits in their pious, loyal, and ne-
ceffary Undertakings, anfwer, that I conceive their
Refolutions are wholly grounded upon Miftakes ;

' defiring

of E N G L A N D. 303

* defiring you to confider whether alfo not contra- An- 24 Car« I-

* ry to the Covenant : And I muft, in Profecution t *6*8' f

* of the Truft repofed in me, to the uttermoft of ^j

* my Power, oppofe all Forces whatfoever, either
' raifed or brought into this Kingdom, except thofe

* by Authority and Command of the Parliament of

* England ; in which I hope your Lordfhip will not
4 oppofe, but rather affift me, if the Parliament of

* England (hall defire it.

4 I have, according to your Excellency's Defire,

* returned your Trumpeter as fpeedily as I could

* difpatch him ; and doubt not but, upon yourLord-

* fhip's AddrefTes to the Parliament of England^

* you may receive more ample Satisfaction herein ;

* and, in the mean Time, this is tendered to your

* Lordfhip as an Anfwer from,

My Lord,
Tour Lordjhip's mojl bumble Servant,

J. LAMBERT.

July 13. A Meflage was fent from the Houfe of
Commons to the Lords, defiring their Concurrence
in an Order for appointing the next enfuing Wed-
nefday to be obferved as a Day of Thankfgiving for
the many Victories God had lately given to the
Parliament's Forces ; and to the following Decla-
ration concerning the Revolt of the Fleet. To
both which they agreed.

A DECLARATION abcut the rtvoltejl Ships,

\ T cannot be unknown unto all Men, that the The Parliament'.

I /"> i XT TT-- Declaration, ot-

Commerce and Navigation of this Kingdom fering an indem-
hath been, by the Blefling of God, an efpecial nity to the re-
Means of the Honour and Greatnefs of the Eng-™hed Scamen-
lijh Seamen ; and that the Courage, Induftry,
and Fidelity of the English Seamen and Mari-
ners, hath been a principal Means for the In-
crcafe of the Trade and Commerce of this King-

4 dom

304 J%e Parliamentary HISTORY

ZA Car. I- * dom in all the Parts of the World ; the Confi-

1648. < deration whereof hath caufed both Houfes of

vj ' Parliament to have an efpecial Care unto the

•* y' ' Royal Navy, by building many Ships and Fri-

c gates, and fetting forth and maintaining Fleets ;

* expending in that Service the whole Revenue of
' the Cuftoms, (the greateft Part whereof, in for-

* mer Times was diverted to other Ufes) befides
' other vaft Sums of Money laid out in that Action j
' and for the better Encouragement of fuch Mari*
4 ners as were employed in the Service of the

* State, they have much advanced their Pay above

* that which it was formerly; and at the coming in
' of the Fleet have fo carefully provided for them,
' that they were not difcharged from Boarding, Vic-
' tuals, and Wages, until their Monies were duly
' paid them ; hoping that, by thefe and many other
€ Encouragements upon all Occafions, they would
' have approved themfelves faithful to the King-
' dom, in the Difcharge of the Truft repofed in

* them ; but, contrary hereunto, the Mariners of
' feveral Royal Ships, fet forth in this laft Sum-
' mer's Fleet, being feduced by the cunning Infinu-

* ation of fome Men ill-affected to the Peace of this
' Kingdom, have treacheroufly revolted from
' their Duty, and do ftill perfift in their Difobe-
' dience ; by which horrid and deteftable Act, in
' Breach of their Truft, they have much blemilh-
' ed the Honour and Credit of the Navigation and
4 Mariners of this Kingdom ; and, as much as in
' them lay, betrayed the public Intereft and Li-
' berties thereof, and retarded thofe Ends of an

* happy Peace which the Parliament have ever pur-
c fued, and now are more efpecially employed in :

* And although both Houfes of Parliament have,
' after an Act of Indemnity already offered, good

* Reafons to proceed to the reducing of them by
' Force j yet, to the end it may appear that the

* Parliament do, as much as in them lies, feek to
' prevent the Effufion of Blood, the faid Lords and
' Commons do hereby offer and declare, That if

•the

of ENGLAND.

the Seamen j Officers, and Cominiffioners aboafd An
the Ships (hall, within twenty Days after Publi-
cation hereof, or forthwith upon Notice given
them by the Lord-Admiral, or fuch other Per-
fon or Perfons as he {hall appoint, render them-
felves, and the Ships wherein they are, to the
Parliament's Obedience, and bring them into
fome Port under the Command of the Parlia-
ment* the Perfons fo fubmitting fhall be indem-
nified in their Perfons and Eftates; any former
Act of theirs notwithstanding : But if they fnall ^
after the faid Time prefixed is expired, perfift ftill
in their Difobediencej then the Houfe will pro-
ceed to the reducing them by Force, and doubt
not of a good S need's by the BleiTing of Almighty
God ; hoping that every true-hearted Englifiimaii
will contribute his utmoft Affiftance to this great
Work, efpecially the Merchants and Owners of
Ships, they being principally interefted in the
Confequences thereof, it being to be expected
that the Revolters will endeavour to maintain
their Defection by Rapine and Violence : And
for the Encouragement of Seamen to engage
themfelves herein, the Lords and Commons do
promife and declare, That fuch Seamen as fhall
fo engage, and ufe their beft Endeavours in fo
honourable a Work, fhall have two Months
Wages extraordinary duly paid them as foon as
the faid Ships (hall be, by them, reduced and
brought into Port : And it is laftly decjared,
That not only the Perfons aboard the faid Ships,
who fhall, notwithftanciing this Offer of Indem-
nity, ftand out, but allb all others the Subjects
of this Kingdom, and others whatfoever, who
fhall hereafter join with, aflift, lupply, or any
way adhere to them, fhall be dealt with and pro-
ceeded againft as Traitors and Enemies to the
Kingdom, and their Eftates confifcated ; and for
the Miferies that fhall enfue they will ftand charg-
ed with the fame as guilty of them, and Author^
of that Ruin which will attend them and their
Pofterity.'
VOL. XVII. U July

*Ihe Parliamentary M i s T o R V

An. 24 Car. I. July 14. A Letter being read in the Houfe of
Commons from Major-General Lambert at Pen-
rith,. fignifying that an Army of Scots were come
into England under the Duke of Hamilton, who ar-
rived at Carlijle the 8th of this Month, and that his
Forces were now lying about IVigton, in Cumber-
land ; the Houfe refolved, That the Forces fo come
out of Scotland into England in a hoftile Manner,
[under the Command of the Duke of Hamilton (k}~] be-
ing without the Authority of the Parliament of
England, are Enemies to this Kingdom ; and that
all Perfons of the Engrijb or Irljh Nation that join
with, or adhere unto, or voluntarily aid or aflifl
them, are Rebels and Traitors ; and fhall be pro-

The commont ceeded againft as fuch. Thus the Refolution

Army undertfie ftands in the Commons Journals : But a Member of
Duke of Hamil- this Parliament writes (/), That the Queftion was at
tontobeTrai. firft propofed, That all fuch Scots as are, or /hall,
come, eft. and that upon Debate the Words or
jhall were left out upon this Confideration, ' That
the' Marquis of Argyle might haply come into Eng-
land with a Party, and fall upon the Duke of //#-
milton in his Rear.' Our Author adds, * That
Mr. Weaver affirmed in the Houfe, upon this Oc-
cafion, That the Scots Invafion under the Duke of
Hamilton, the Defigns at Colchefter, and that of
the Earl of Holland, were all begun and carried on
in the City of London. This he ftyles a frefh
Charge of the Independents againft the City,
when the Army fhould be at Leifure to make Ufe
of it.'

July 1 8. Two more Petitions were prefented to
the Lords, but of a different Nature from the laft :
That from the Watermen, is the moft pathetic
we have yet met with, and very expreflive in the
King's Favour. The Lords Anfwers to thefe and
the foregoing both ftiew, that they thought them-
felves obliged to ufe all Parties with Civility.

(/&) On the zoth of July the Refolution againft the Scott
what foftened by this Addition.
(/) Walker's Bi/lwy of Independency, p, jai.

:

ef ENGLAND, 307

To the Riht Honourable the LORDS in Parliament An- *4 Car. lt

The HUMBLE PETITION of the WATERMEN be*
longing to the River of Thames^

Sheweth,

THAT the Petitioners, being in Fraternity A Petition froiH
above 2000 Perfons, are all undone and the Watermen
like to psrifh by Reafon of his Majefty's Abfence on Thames<
from us ; he being kept away, notwithstanding
his many former gracious Offers ; and therefore,
having an Intereft both in his Perfon and Go-
vernment, we cannot do lefs than humbly be-
feech your Honours fpeedily and really to invite
him to London, with Honour, Freedom, and
Safety.

And your Petitioners Jhall pray, &c.

The Petitioners were called in again and an->
fwered by the Speaker, * That the Lords have not
' been wanting in their Endeavours to bring his
* Majefty to treat at London, and (hall ftill conti-
' nue to do what in them lies for the procuring a
' fpeedy fettling of thefe unhappy Diftra£tions.'

To the Right Honourable the LORDS in Parliament
ajfimbled,

The HUMBLE PETITION of divers well-affefled /«-
habitants of the City of Weftminfter^ Hamlets of
the Tower, Borough of Southwark, and Parts
adjacent within the Weekly Bills of Mortality,

Shewed,

HP H A T your Petitioners, notwithftanding Anj tte tnhabl-
••• their grievous Sufferings and heart-break- tants of Weft-
inp- Fears of utter Ruin to all that is precious in »'«/*«» South-

u r • n •/!_• IT" • J L L wark, &c. for t

this fometime flourilhing Kingdom, by the con- perf0nai Treaty*
tinued, nay encreafing, DiftraiStions thereof, can-
not but look on your prefent Refolutions of a
Perfonal Treaty with the King's Majefty as a
U 2 • Door

30$ *Tke Parliamentary HISTORY

Door of Hope opened by the God of Salvation for
the Cure of our, otherwife remedilefs and all--1
deftroying, Diftemp'ers , and as they give you
hearty and humble Thanks for your Votes and
Refolutions already palled to that Purpofe, fo
they cannot but as Engttjbment nay, Chriftians,
humbly and earneftly beg your Lordfhips fpeedy
and effectual Progrefs therein, until the great
Creator of the Ends of the Earth create a happy
Peace to this now mifcrably tofTed and afflicted
Kingdom.

' And whereas the Ri^ht Honourable the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of
the City of London have, in order to the faid
Perfonal Treaty, made feveral late Addrefles to
the Right Honourable the Houfes of Parliament;
offering their utmoft Endeavours, both of Eftate
and Life, for fecuring of his Royal Majefty and
both Houfes of Parliament, from all Force and
Tumults impeding or difturbing the faid Treaty;
and defiring, in order thereunto, that the Militia
of the Out-parts may be united to and with the
faid City of London, as it was conftantly, during
our faid Troubles, with very good Succefs and
Advantage to the public Safety, fixed till of late :
' Your Petitioners, in Concurrence with the faid
Engagement and Defires of the Honourable City
of London^ do humbly pray that the faid Per-
fonal Treaty may be haftened ; the Militia of the
Out-parts united with the faid City, and the Com-
mand thereof veiled in the Hands of fuch Per-
fons only as are cordial to the Ends of the Pro-
teftation, Solemn League and Covenant; which
we humbly conceive may beft tend to the Prefer-
vation of his Majefly's Royal Perfon and both
Houfes of Parliament, in their fettling a fafe and
well-grounded Peace by this fo much defired
Treaty. '

And your Petitioners jh»ll pray ', &c.

The Petitioners being called in again, Anfwer
was returned by the Speaker, as follows ;

! <The

^ENGLAND. 309

* The Lords return you Thanks for the Expref- An- 24 Car. r.
fions of your good Affections and Zeal for the
public Peace of this Kingdom : They have further
commanded me to let you know, that they fhall
improve their beft Endeavours in Anfwer to your
Defires contained in the fcveral Particulars of your
Petition ; nothing being more in their Care than
the Reftoring of the Peace and Happinefs, and the
Eftablifhment of the Fundamental Government,
of this now diftracled and divided Kingdom.'

The fame Day the Commons fent up a Meflage The Lords ref.ife
to the Lords, with their Refolution of the I4th, their Ccncur-
' That the Scots, now come into England in an holtile rsncejn<-he vote

T\JT T- • i -rr- i ^ r* , azamit the Scots

Adanner, were Enemies to the Kingdom of England, Army,
and that all fuch Rnglifh and Irijb who join them are
Traitors.' This Refolution occafioned a very warm
Debate in the Houfe of Lords, which ended in a
Divifion on two Queftions : The firft, Whether
the Confederation of this Matter ftiould be deferred
for fome Days ? The next, Whether to agree to
the Refolution ? and both patted in the Negative.
The "Journal mentions, That fome Lords, before
the putting of the lair. Queftion, afked Leave to
enter their Diflent, if it was carried as;ainft them,
which was granted : But, for what Reafon we
know not, their Names are intirely omitted.

July 20, The Commons pafljd a Refolution, The Corr.mons
declaring all fuch Perfons of this Kingdom that declare all fuch
had invited the Army of the Scots, now come into f° be T"itors M
England under the Duke of Hamilton, or had af- mv
fifted that Army, to be Traitors, and that they
fhould be proceeded againft as fuch; which Vote
they immediately fent up to the Lords for their
Concurrence.

The Occafion of pafling this Vote is thus fet
down by Mr, Walker (m] : ' The Speaker informed
the Houfe, That Major-General Lambert having
flopped one Mr. Haliburton, a Scots Gentleman, in.
pafling through his Quarters with Letters from the
U 3 Duke

(w) HiJIory of Independency, p. ui.

3 TO The Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24. Car. I. Duke of Hamilton to the two Houfes and the King,
.1648. ne found upon him divers private Letters, for carry-
^ ,^ ' ing of which he had no public Authority ; and there-
fore Lambert made bold to feal thofe private Let-
ters in a Packet by themfelves, with his own Seal
and Mr. Haliburtsns ; and Lambert had fent up
Mr. Haliburton v/ith Lieutenant-Colonel OJbornet
a godly Scots Gentleman, and another Keeper, in
Nature of a Prifoner. Mr. OJL'orne delivered that
private Packet to the Speaker; fo a Committee was
named to perufe the fame. Mr. Ofborne was then
called in to fpeak what he knew of this Matter,
who declared at the Bar, That the godly Party in
Scotland were opprefied, and trodden under Foot,
by the Duke of Hamilton's Party ; that their very
Souls were afflicTx-d at his Proceedings ; that the
Kirk of Scotland^ with one Mouth, proclaimed to
their Faces their Engagement, and the Proceedings
thereupon, to be damnable and deftrudlive : He alfo
defired the Houfe not to look upon thofe Proceed-
ings as the Act of the Nation of Scotland^ fmce
there were a' great many godly Men who hoped
the Lord would enable them, in his good Time,
to march into England with the Marquis of Argyl^
and fall upon the Rear of the Duke of Hamilton
with a Diverfion. He reported the Scots that
came in to be but 8000 Horfe and Foot, and Lang-
dale bu-t 2COO. Then were read the Letters of the
Duke of Hamilton, wherein he complained that no
Anfwer had been given to the Parliament of Scot~
land's juft Delires of the 26th of J^riVlaft; that
by Authority of the Scots Parliament he was necef-
fitated to come into England according to the Co-
venant, and not without the Invitation of divers
\vell-affected Englifo who had taken the Covenant.
There was a Declaration inclofed in the Letters,
but the prevailing Party obftrucled the Reading of
it ; and then the Queftion being put for declaring
all fuch Perfons Traitors who had invited the Sects
Army under the Duke of Hamilton to come into
England, it patted in the Affirmative.'

The

of ENGLAND.

The fame Day the Earl of Manchefter prefented A
to the Houfe cf Lords a Better from the Earl of
Nottingham at Edinburgh^ inclofmg

A P A P E R from the Committee of Eftates of Scot-
land, cf the 8tb of July, to the CommiJ/ioners of
England, in Anfwer to feme of their former
Papers.

Edinburgh^ July 8, 1648.

' \T7 E the Committee of Eftates of the Par- ^
' W liament of the Kingdom of Scotland^ do n,,^ u. ^,.av«,
' return this Anfwer to your Lordftiips Paper of exPre^'ns their
c the iyth and 22d of June: That altho' our Com-

* miffioners at London did often, for fome Months oTthe

' together, after the Return of our Army out of Parliament.
' England^ attend without any Anfwer to their Pa-
' pers, and thejuft Deiires of this Kingdom; and
6 at feveral Times, for many Days, could obtain
' no Hearing ; yet the Parliament, notwithftand-

* ing of their important Bufmefs, and that this laft
' Seffion was very fhort, did always, immediately
' after the Receipt of your Lordfhips Letters and

* Papers, read them ; and returned fuch Anfwers

* as they conceived ought to fatisfy, and particu-
' larly to your Defires concerning Berwick and
e Carlijlg) as likewife to that Engagement which
' you were pleafed to offer, upon the Advance of
' the Army under the Command of the Lord Fair-
1 fax) into the North of England towards our Bor-
' der ; which therefore we fliall not here repeat.

' The Parliament alfo, upon Confideration of

* the great Dangers threatening Religion, his Ma-
' jefty's Perfon and Authority, yea, Monarchy itr
4 ie!f, and the Peace and Huppinefs of thefc King-
c do. MS, ftriclly united by Covenant, Treaties, and
' fo many near Relations, did, upon the 26th of

* y//>r;7 lad, fend fuch Demands to the Houies of

* the Parliament of England, as they conceived to

* bejuft and necefTary ; to which they did, upon

* the 1 5th Day of May, return a very general An-
' fwer, relating to a more particular Satisfaction,
' to be expected from your Lordlhips. And the

U 4 ' Committee

3 1 2 *fhe Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. < Committee of Eftates did, on the 23d Day of

, lM" , « May laft, defire to know if your Lordfhips had

July. * received any further Inftru&ions for fatisfying the

* Defires of this Kingdom : To which your Lord-
' {hips anfwered, That as yet you had not received
t any\ neither have we, fmce that Time, heard any

* Thing concerning the faid Defires from your
' Lordfhips ; which we cannot but look upon as a

* great Contempt and Ncglccl: of this Kingdom,

* and an Evidence of no great Forwardnefs or In-
' clination towards a Peace or Settlement, or Re-
' foluiion to entertain that Amity and good Ccr-

* refpondcnce betwixt the Nations, which we, by

* Treaties, Meflages, and all imaginable Means,
.* have ftill ftudied to preferve : And, had a fatisfac-

* torv Anfwer been returned to thefe our neceflary
' Dcfires, all the Inconveniences which hereafter
f mayenfue, would probably have been prevented,

, ' which we have ftill fmce that Time patiently ex-

' petted, and aclcd nothing as to an Engagement,
' in Hopes thereof: But finding the Dangers to all
' that is deareft to us ftill increafmg ; no Satisfac-

* tion, nor fo much as an Anfwer offered to thefe

* our juft and nccefTary Defires ; no Security to Re-

* ligion, but rather a greater Danger thereunto from
' the Three Propofitions now communicated unto
' us ; no Hope of Safety or Freedom thereby to
4 his Majefty's Perfon, and as little of Freedom to

* the Honourable Houfes of the Parliament, Eafe
' to the oppreiled Subjects of England, or Security

* to either Nation ; we have therefore refolved to

* purfue our Duties in order to all thefe, as Chrifti-

* ans, as Subjects, and as Brethren icined together

* in Covenant, upon the Grounds contained in the
' inclofed Declaration ; which we defire your
? Lordfhips would be pleafed to communicate to
f the Honourable Houfes (w).

By Command of tbt Committee of the EJlates cf

ARCH. PRIMROSE, Clcr.

(») To this Paper the Frglijb Corrn^iflloncrs returneJ n
|p r'tgwd the iVc/j AririV hau then invaded England*

The

of ENGLAND. 313

The foregoing Paper, and the Declaration men- An. 24. Car. I.
tioned to be inclofed therein, was read, as were
alfo the Defires of the Parliament of Scotland of
the 26th of April laft, which had been prefented
to the Parliament on the 2d of May(o}. Then the
Vote fent up this Day from the Commons, declar- Whereupon the
ins ' That all fuch Perfons of this Kingdom, who LLords &**&<* to

• e • • « . a A • r« ; 7 j the ^ote ot the

have invited the Scots Army now m England, under commons a-
the Command of the Duke of Hamilton, to come gainft fuch as in-
into this Kingdom, or have afiifted that Army, are vited the Scots
Traitors, and fhall be proceeded againft as fuch,' rmy*
was alfo read. And the Queftion being put, Whe-
ther to agree to this Vote ? it pafled in the Ne-
gative : But the Earls of Pembroke, Salijbury, and
Mulgrave, the Lord Vifcount Say and Sele, and
the Lord Howard of EJkricke, entered their Dif-
fent.

It was then ordered that a Meflage be fent to
the Commons, to defire that the Committee for-
merly appointed to confider of a Peace with the
King, ihould meet at Three this Afternoon, to
review the Declaration from the Committee of
Eftates of the Kingdom of Scotland, and alfo their
Defires of the 26th of April laft ; likewife to find
out fome Expedient, that the Treaty between the
King and Parliament may be fpeeded, and that
Care might be taken to prevent the cafting the two
Kingdoms into War and Bioodftied. The Lords And order the
alfo refolved, That the Scots Declaration fhould ,if

... T_i*/i_ j incir iveaions toe

be printed and publuhed. returning into

The Contemporary Hiftorian laft cited ob- England> to be
ferves, « That though, when the Commons pafled pnntcdt
the Vote againft fuch as invited the Scots, without
fuffering the Declaration from the Committee of
Eftates of that Kingdom to be then read ; yet, after
the Lords had ordered it to be printed, the Com-
mons allowed it a Reading in their Houfe. A Cir-
cumftance v/hich ftands confirmed by the Journals
of the 21 ft and 22d of this Month.

This Declaration, which is a Recapitulation of
ali the Proceedings of the Engltjh Parliament fince

the
(p) £ee before in this Vdume, p, 125.

314 ffl>e Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. the Independent Party and the Army gave the Rule

1648. there, is exprefled in very high Terms, and deT

^ ~ "* mands our Attention : We (hall therefore give it at

large from the Original Edition (<?). Mr. Whitlocke

and Mr. Rujhworth mention this Declaration: But

we do not find it printed in thofe or any other of

the Contemporary Hiftorians.

A DECLARATION of the Committee of the EJlates
of the Parliament of Scotland 'to the Honourable
ffoufes of the Parliament^ and to all their Brethren
of England, concerning the NeceJJity^ Grounds,
and Ends of their Engagement ; and of the Return
of the Scots Army into England.

A FTER fo long Continuance of the fad Cala-
"^ mities that have almoft wafted thefe three
Kingdoms, and the uninterrupted Endeavours of
this Nation to have all the Caufes of them remo-
ved, we cannot poflibly exprefs with what Grief
of Soul we find them ftill more likely to be in-
creafed than diminimed j neither did any Part
of our former Sufferings more deeply afflict us,
than again to be necefiitated to Expreffions and
Actions, that, by fome, will rather be looked
upon as Incentives of new Troubles, than Means
to quiet and calm the prefent Diftempers :
Wherefore we have thought fit to offer this en-
fuing Declaration to the Honourable Houfes of
the Parliament, and to our Brethren of England^
for Satisfaction of all religious, loyal, and honeft
Men, That Heaven and Earth may bear Wit-
nefs with us of the Neceffity of our Engagement
and Undertaking at this Time, and of the Candor
of our Intentions and Refolutions.
e After that, by the Bleffing of God upon the
Endeavours of this Nation, and their Armies at
home and in England, in two feveral Expeditions,
a happy Peace was fettled, Religion and the juft

' Liberties

(f ) Printed at Edinburgh, by Evan Tyler ; on the Back of the
Title- Page whereof are thefe Words, God fa-ve the King. The Edi-
tion printed at Lor.dsn, by Robert Boftock, is an waft Copy, except
ia thi s Circumftance.

of ENGLAND.

' Liberties of this Kingdom eftablifhed, a Parlia- An

* ment called in England^ and great Progrefs made
4 towards the Redrefs of all Grievances, and re-

* forming Abufes both in Church and State, it

* pleafed God again to call us to new Troubles ;

* for the Differences betwixt the King and Parlia-
' ment being increafed and heightned into a bloody

* War ; the. many Addreffcs of this Kingdom to
' his Majefty and the two Houfes, for an amicable
4 Compofure of Differences, having proved fruitlefs
4 and ineffectual; and the Parliament reduced to a
' low Condition ; this Kingdom was invited to the

* Affiftance of their Brethren, large Profeffions by

* them were made of their Defires of Unity and
4 Uniformity in Religion, of a nearer Conjunction

* with this Kingdom ; and the Dangers were fully

* reprefented to us of a prevailing Party in England^
4 different from us in Religion and Church-Go-
4 vernment.

4 It was then acknowledged, That the fame
4 Fate in Religion attended both ; and (becaufe it
4 was well known that, although unhappy Dif-
4 ferenc-s had arifen betwixt his Majefty and his
4 Subjects in that Kingdom, yet Scotland could
4 never be drawn into any Action againft his Ma-
4 jefty, or that Fidelity and Subjection which they
4 owe to him and his Pofterity;) large Profeffions
4 were therefore made, by the two Houfes, of their
4 Loyalty to the King, whofe Greatnefs and Au-
4 thority they profeffed they never intended to di-
4 minim, as may more fully appear in their feveral
4 Declarations ; Commiffioners were fent into this
4 Kingdom, Invitations renewed, a Treaty made,
4 and a Covenant folemnly fworn and figned, for
4 Reformation and Defence of Religion, the Ho-

* nour and Happinefs of the King, and the Peace

* and Safety of the Kingdoms.

4 Thus both Kingdoms were equally and mu-
4 tually engaged ; and, in purfuance of that Cove-
4 nant and Treaty, an Army marched into Eng~
4 land in the hardeft Seafon ; and both Kingdoms,
4 in their joint Declaration, Jan. 6, 164^., obliged
5 4 them-

The Parliamentary HISTORY

themfelves, and decreed, never to lay down Arms
till Truth and Peace, by the Bleffing of God,
4 were fettled in this Ifland upon a firm Founda-
' tion, for the prefent and future Generations.

* Although we (hall not mention what Succefs
4 that Army had, what Blood they loft both in
4 Scotland and England, what Hardihips they en-
4 dured, and how much this Kingdom was there-
4 by impoverished ; yet we cannot but remember
4 how that, by the Blefling of God upon the joint

* Councils and Forces of both Kingdoms, the two

* Houfes of Parliament were recovered into a Con-
4 dition of making good thofe Engagements ; and
4 with what Unity both Kingdoms proceeded to-

* wards attaining of thofe Ends, until that Party

* in the Houfes, who fmce have declared them-

* felves Independents j(who feemed moft forward

* in engaging of this Kingdom, and at firft profef-

* fed greateft Care of our Army) had attained to
4 Power, difcovered their Intention, and interrupt-
4 cd all thofe fair Beginnings : They created and
4 fomented Jealoufies againft the Scots ; and, by

* their Influence on the Houfes, cafhiered all , in
' England by Sea and J_/and, how eminent, how
4 faithful foever, that they could not confide in ;
4 and, by the Succefs of their new-modelled Army,
4 (for the moft Part Sectaries) they engrofled all
4 Power, Military and Civil, into their own and
4 their Creatures Hands. The Propofitions for-
4 merly agreed on by both Kingdoms, and treated
4 on at Uxbridge, were altered ; yet this Kingdom
4 was content fo far to deny themfelves and their
4 own Interefts, as to wave the Propofitions moft
4 advantageous to Scotland; and, for witneffing their
4 Defires of Peace, to join in thofe framed by the
4 two Houfes where the Independents had got fuch
4 a Power.

4 And for the greateft Tcftimony of our Con-
4 fidence in the Honourable Houfes of Parliament,

* (notwithftandino; the many Injuries and Difcou-
4 ragements received in England^ from the then
4 and ftill prevailing Party in the Englifn Army

* and

^ENGLAND. 317

and their Abetters, who were grown Anti-Cove- An, 24. Car. I.
na'nters, and threatned a Difappointment of all the
Ends of the Covenant; yet, upon the public Faith
of the two Houfes given to us, for the Preferva-
tion and Safety of his Majefty's facred Perfon,
and of making joint Addreffes to his Majefty for
fettling a fafe and well-grounded Peace, and free
Accefs of all employed by this Kingdom to his^
Majefty) the Annies of Scotland returned from
England, and left the King with the Englijh
Commifiioners ; moft of our Army were imme-
diately thereafter difbanded ; and no more kept on
Foot but fo many as were neceilary for reducing
fome Scots Rebels and Irljb Subjects of the Crown
of England * whom, by the Large Treaty, Eng-
land was bound to reduce.

' We expected that the like Courfe would have
been taken for difbanding the Armies in England^
and none kept on Foot but fuch as were necef-
fary for the Garrifons and Safety of the Kingdom, >
there being then n» profefled Enemy in Arms,
and thefe to have been fuch as both Kingdoms
might have confided in for Affection to Religion
and Monarchy ; whereunto the Honourable
Houfes of the Parliament did effectually apply
themfelves, as appears by their Declaration of
the 28th of May, 1647 ; but the Independent
Party was as diligent to hinder it, by contriving
and procuring a Petition from the Army againft
their Difbanding : This by the Houfes was vot-
ed mutinous, and the Abettors of it Enemies to
the State. Then 200, ooo/. was provided, and
Commifiioners fent down to the Army for dif-
banding it, and engaging a confiderable Supply,
for Ireland, under the Command of Major- Gene-
ral Skippon and Lieutenant-General Majfey ; one
hundred and fixty-feven Prefbyterian Officers
engaged for Ireland, and gave Obedience to the
Commands of the Parliament ; but, on a fudden,
the Sectaries of that Army drew themfelves toge-
ther j entered into a folemn Engagement againft

< the

3 1 8 The Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I* < the Refolutions of the Parliament ; caftiiered atf
' the Prefbyterian Officers who had adhered to the
4 Parliament, or fubfcribed. for Ireland; placed
' Sectaries in their Charges ; creeled a fupreme

* Council of Agitators, and then grew indeed into
4 a compleat new Model.

4 Soon thereafter a Party out of feveral Regi-
« ments, commanded by a Taylor, a Cornet of
4 theirs, -one Joyce, violently feized on the Perfon
4 of the King; and carried him from his Houfe
4 at Holdenby, againft his own Will and the Pro-
4 teftation of the Commiilioners then attending
4 upon him, and againft the declared Refolutions
4 of both Kingdoms: And though this Action was

* at firft difavowed by the General, yet it appears
4 to have been done by fome under-hand Warrant;
« for the King was kept ftlll within the Army's
4 Quarters, and ftrong Guards placed about him :

* And when the Houfes thought fit to command
' the Army not to come within thirty Miles of
4 London, and to vote his Majefty's Coming to
4 Richmond, they, by a threatning Meflage, forced
4 the recalling of thefe Votes, and carried the King

* along with them to Hatfald and other Places at

* their Pleafure.

4 The Houfes did then juftly think it neceflary
« to look to their own Prefervation, leaft they
4 fhould be ferved as his Majefty was j and, upon

* the nth of June, 1647, they appointed a Com-
4 mittee of Safety to meet with the Militia of Lon->
4 don, and to confider upon the Prefervation of the

* Parliament and City.

4 The great Work of the Army being to new-
4 model the Parliament, as well as they had done
4 themfelves, and to fubdue and enflave that great

* and glorious City : In order thereunto they firft
4 began with a falfe and frivolous general Charge
' againft divers Members of the Houfes, eminent
4 for Affe&ion and Action in this Caufe, and vio-

* lently prefled their Sufpenfion from the Houfes ;
' but, upon a full and free Debate, it was voted to

•be

of ENGLAND. 319

* be againft the Law to fufpend any Member upon An- »4 Car«

* a general Charge, without bringing in and prov- t *64

* ing of Particulars. This Procedure did not fit july.

* the Army's Occafions; they therefore fent feveral
' threatning MefTages, That they would march to
' Weftminjler ; that they would purge the Houfe ;

* and that they muft take extraordinary Courfes :
' Thus they force the Houfes to recal their Votes
' for a Committee of Safety, and to difband what
' Forces they had drawn together under Prefby-

* terian Officers $ they compel the eleven Alembers
c to withdraw from their Attendance in the Hpufe :
' And, the Militia of London, at the unanimous De-
' fire of the Common-Council, being then fettled in
' the Hands of fuch Perfons as the City might moft

* confide in, the Army, to perfect their Defigns
' upon them, enforced the Houfes to a new Model

* of that Militia.

* Having thus in their Power the Perfon of his

* Majefty, and having over-awed the Parliament

* and City, they difperfe themfelves in the feveral

* Counties about London ; lift and raife daily more

* Forces ; and refolve to fettle, or rather alter and
1 fubvert, Religion and Government after their own

* Will ; as is held forth in their Propofals which

* they firft prefented to his Majefty, and after-

* wards fent to the Houfes, as that which they

* would have the Ground of Peace : But the City
' was fo enraged at the Change of their Militia,

* that they come down to Weftminjler to petition

* againft it ; and the 'Prentices, who had learned

* from the Army the powerfulleft Arguments to

* perfuade, came in Multitudes, and prefled the

* granting of the Common-Council's Petition.

* Thus, on the 26th of July, 1647, the Houfes
' again fettled the Militia as formerly } many in

* London entered into an Engagement, but the

* Militia of London quieted all Tumults, fettled

* orderly Guards, and next Day the Houfe of
' Commons fat quietly : Yet it was refolved by
' that Party, that the two Speakers and the Friends

* of the Army (hould fly thither, which they did ;

« the

320
An. 24. Car. 1.

Parliamentary HISTORY

the Houfes notwithstanding fat, chofe new Speak-
ers, revived the Committee of Safety, and put
themfelves in a Pofture of Defence ; and, upon'
the Defires of the Commiffioners of this King-
dom, they invited his Majefty to come to Lon-
don with Honour, Freedom, and Safety.
* The Army hereupon drew together; refufed to
own the Parliament; declared againft them; print-
ed their own Propofals ; cried out againft a new'
\Var. In the mean Time they and their Friends
that fled to them, being engaged by Writing to
live and die together, marched up againft the
Parliament and City, who feemed to have been
in a Readinefs to oppofe them ; until, by the En-
deavours of fome that were better Friends to the
Sectaries than to the Parliament and City, by their
many AddrefTes to the Army and Returns, the
City was furrendered ; and the Sectaries, having
brought up the Speakers and Members that fled
to them, marched in Triumph through London
with Laurel in their Hats. Sir Thomas Fairfax
was made Captain-General of all England^ Con-
ftable of the Tower of London^ and Commander
of all the Garrifons of England : He put out an
honeft faithful Citizen, and put in a Sectary-
Lieutenant of the Tower ; and then they fell a-'
frefh upon purging of the Houfe, as they called it ;
feven Lords were impeached of a netf pretended
Treafon ; the eleven Members forced to fly ;
and, after a Fortnight's Debate, being often car-
ried in the Negative, (for a little Liberty yet re-
mained) at laft, by a threatening Declaration from
the Army, and the Swordfmen's coming into the
Houfe, all Orders paft in Abfence of the old'
Speakers were repealed ; fome of the moft active
of the Houfes, the Lord Mayor, three honeft
Aldermen, and divers Common-Counfellors of
London, charged and imprifoned ; the Officers of
the City altered ; and all upon a general Accufa-
tion for levying; a new War: But, indeed, really,
for being zealous for the Ends of the Covenant,
and for Defence of the Privileges, yea, the Being

'of

of E N G L A N D. 321

* df the Parliament, againft the Violence and In- An. 14 Car. tt
c iblerice of this Schifmatic Army.

' The Liberty of the Parliament was thus de-

* ftroyed by their own Servants, contrary to their

* many Profeflions ; the famous Gity of London
c enflaved to Sectaries, and not only thofe Privileges
' taken from them, which4 by their Fairhfulnefs to

* the Parliament* and with Expence of fo much

* Blood and Treafure, they had merited, but even
c their ancient Liberties trodden on ; and all Things
f governed at Wejlminfter and London according

* to Orders from the Court of War, who alfo, by
' a reigning Spirit of levelling Democracy, were^

* or feerried to be, over-ruled by the new Supreme

* Council of Agitators, who had been Soldiers, and
' now were turned fuperlative Commanders.

' As the Labour of the Independent Junto was
' to court the People and the Soldiery by Declara-
"' tions and Engagements, which they as foon fal-

* fifiedj and even to trade with the Papifts, as was
' informed ; fo they ftudied to intereft the King's
' Party 4 and cajoled fome of them to propofe what

* was moft obnoxious to the Parliament, and ex-
' cepted in the Proportions : But they foon ma-

* nifefted to the World what their Intentions were
' to the King j for after they had made ufe of the
' Detaining his Majefty's Perfon in their Army, and
' of pretending for his Intereft and Party, to en-
' able them to fubdue the Parliament and City :
4 that Work being over, they firft grew feveref

* to his Partyj except fuch as they (rill made very

* good ufe of j and then endeavoured, by threat-
1 ning, to fright him away from Hampton-Court '*

* The Power of the Levellers was much talked of,
•.until his Majefty was fure in the Ifle of Wight ^

* and then their Lieutenant-General found a Means

* to quiet them.

« In the Ifle of Wight they firft made his Ma-

* jefty Prifoner without any known Authority, and
' then got the Houfes to own and order it ; and,

* by the Prevalence of the Independent Party, Votes

* were pafled, making another Kind of new High
Vol. XVII. X « Trcafon,

322 Ike Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 14 Car. I, « Treafon, viz. To make any Application to the

'^' ' King, to write to him, or to receive Letters from

July- ' ^im ' ^ ^verity greater tnan i$ ufual againft

' Malefactors. And for juftifying of thefe Votes,

' a Declaration was publi{hed with many falfe

' Scandals caft upon his Majefty ; and it is even

* declared, That they will put no more Truft in

* him j yea, now we are informed, that, by horrid

* Treachery and Poifon, Endeavours are ufed to
' take away his Life.

' And as that Independent Party hath endeavour-
' ed to fubvert the begun Reformation of Religion ;
' to deftroy the King and Monarchy ; overthrow
' the Parliament ; and perfecute honeft Men ; fo
' it hath been their Study;, ever fince the Removal
' of the Scots Armyi to break the happy Union

* betwixt the Kingdoms j to lay afide the GoVe-

* nant ; difappoiht all the Ends of it ; and violate

* all Treaties betwixt the Kingdoms.

' We fhall not need to repeat the Jealoufies

* they created and fomented againft" Scotland and

* the Scots Commiffioners, and our Army whilft it

* w*s there ; how they withheld the Maintenance

* from them due by the Treaty, that by free
' Quarter they might grow burthenfomC and odi-

* ous to the Country : Nor need we now to men-

* tion any Violation of the Large Treaty, concern-

* ing the Remainder of Money due upon the Bro-

* therly Affiftance, nor of the Money due by Treaty

* for our Army in Ireland, or by the late Treaty up-

* on the March of our Army : Nor (hall we nowin-
' fift upon the Breach of that Article of the Large

* Treaty, by which the Houfes were obliged to pur-
' fue, take, and punifh the Irifli Rebels, Subjects of

* the Crown of England, who fo long infefted us.

' We have already declared what Breaches they

* have made of the folemn Engagements for the

* King ; and when our Commiffioners at London

* demanded Whether.the Votes againft all Appli-
< cation to his Majcfty did extend to his Subjects

* of Scotland, to debar fuch as are warranted by

* the Parliament of this Kingdom, or their Com-

' mittees,

of E N G L A N D. 323

* rhittees, from free Accefs to, or Intercourfe with, An. 14 Car. I.
' his Majefty ; or that he fhould be hindered from, l64*' ^
' and fo made incapable of, any A& of Govern- ~^Jiy.

' ment in relation to the Affairs of Scetland ? No
' Anfwer was then, nor as yet is^ returned there-

* unto ; but before that Time* not only fuch as had

* Warrant for Accefs to him were debarred thereof,
' (notwithstanding the Engagement of the Houfe,
' the 27th of January, 1647, to the contrary) but

* even the Earl of Lauderdale, a public Minifter
' of this Kingdom, contrary to that Engagement

* and to the Law of Nations, was violently remov-
' ed by a Party of the Army from Woobttrne, where

* his Majefty then was, and not fuffered to have

* Accefs to him ; and though Reparation was
' therein defined by the Iaft Committee of Eftates,
' yet none was given. And altho', by the eighth

* Article of the Treaty ^ 1643, it is agreed, That

* no Cefjation, Pacification, nor Agreement for Peace
c whatsoever? /hall be made by either Kingdom , or the

* Armies of either Kingdom? without the mutual Ad"

* vice and Confent of both Kingdoms, (which En-
' gagemeht the Houfes of Parliament alfo repeated

* in their Letter of the 27th of January, 1647,
' to obferve that Article, after the Removal of our
' Army out' of England) yet contrary thereunto,

* the Sectaries and their Adherents framed Propo-
' fuls, deftrudlive to the Ends of the Covenant,

* which were prefented to his Majefty without the
' Advice or Confent of the "Kingdom of Se at/and ;

* and having cunningly inferted therein fome

* Things more pleafmg to his Majefty than the
' Propofitions of both Kingdoms were, it was their
' Study to perfaade his Majefty, in his Anfwer to

* their Proppfrtions at Hampton-Court, to throw

* himfelf on their Propofals, and thereby unfatisfy

* both his Kingdoms ; which, as foon as the King
' had done, they themfelves laid them afide, anfi
c ufed his Majefty as we have before exprcffed.

* And whereas the Houfes of Parliament, whilft

4 in Liberty, made it their Work firft to difband

my before any Applications to be mude rt>

« tne Ar X ^ « his

224 The Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. c his Majefty ; the Independent Party, having the
' King within the Quarters of their Army, end the
^ \l\j "~ ' ^ty re^uce<^> prefied vehemently the fending of
' the Proportions of both Kingdoms, whilft them-
' felves were fafteft trjnketing with their Propofals.
' A fhort and peremptory Day was fet for the Deli-
4 very of the Propofitions, without the Advice or
' Confent of the Commiffioners of the Kingdom of

* Scotland, then at London ; and Inftrudtions given,

* that if the Scots Commiffioners were not prefent

* that Day, the Propofitions fliould neverthelefs be
' delivered without them : And as we have great
' Reafon to believe that it was the Study of the

* Sectaries, and thofe that were their Inftruments
' in that Treaty, that his Majefty {hould not fatisfy
' his Parliaitr-nts by his Anfwer ; yet, upon that

* An Twer, by the Power and Prevalency of that
c Party, the Parliament laid afide the Propofitions
' agreed en by both Kingdoms ; and have, con-
« trary to the Treaty, framed and prefented Pro-
*- pofitions and Bills to his Majefty, againft which
*• the CommiiTioners of this Kingdom declared; and

* thereafter, by Order, according to their Inftruc-

* tions, protefted againil them in the Ifle of flight,

* as being deftru£tive to Religion, the Crown, and

* Union of the Kingdoms ; as may at large be feen

* in that printed Anfwer to the New Propofitions,

* which the Parliament here have owned and ap-

* proved as the Senfe of this Kingdom, and which
« we hold as if here repeated (r),

* The Parliament of this Kingdom taking into
-c their Confideration the Dangers thus threatening

* Religion, his Majefty's Sacred Perfon and Pofte-

* rity, yea; Monarchy and all Government; how

* that, by the Injufiice, Violence, and Treachery
' of the Independents, and their Adherents in Par-

* liament and Army, the Covenant was laid afide ;
•* all the Ends of it fruftrated ; Toleration counte-

* nanced, and, by the new Propofitions, endea-
' vburedto be fettled; his Majefty -imprifoned, and
' fuch Height of Infolences committed againft him ;

•* the Privileges, yea, the Being, of the Parliament
(r) In cur Surttenth Voiumc, p. 436. * in

of ENGLAND. 325

* in a Manner deftroyed, and the Foundations of it An« *+ Car. I.

* razed ; the famous City of London, to which this ( ^t

' Nation and all that are faithful in this Caufe muft juiy.

* needs acknowledge great Obligations; en {laved ;

* its Liberties trodden on, and many of the beft

* affected to the Covenant in Parliament and City,
' for their Fidelity, perfecuted and driven aw.iy ;

* the Treaties with, and Engagements to, this Na-
' tion broken ; the public Faith of England, yea,

* almoft all Laws, Divine and Human, violated ;

* the People of England opprefied with free Quar-
' ter and Taxes ; and the Union and brotherly

* Correfpondence betwixt the Kingdoms much

* weakened and endeavoured to be taken away :

* And being very fenfible of the many Injuries and

* Affronts done to this Nation, their Army, and thofc

* employed by them ; weighing alfo well how fruit-
' Jefs all their Endeavours by way of Treaties and
' Mefla^es, for curing thofe Evils and removing

* thofe Differences, had proven, and how little

* Regard was had to our Commifiioners and their

* Endeavours at London of late; they thought it high

* Time to look to their own Prefervation, and to
' put this Kingdom into aPoftureof Arms : Yet,
( before any further Engagement, they refolved t6
' try if, by the three juft and neceflary Demands,

* of the 26th of April laft, made to the Houfes of

* Parliament, it were poflible, in an amicable Way,

* to compofe thofe Differences, and provide for the

* Security of Religion, of his Majefty, and of the

* Peace and Union of the Kingdoms ; to the which

* had a fatisfailory Anfwer been returned, all the

* Inconveniences that may enfue might have been

* prevented, which wehaveflill, fince that TimCj
' patiently expected.

4 But, inftead of Security to Religion according

' to the Covenant, againft the Dangers on all

* Hands ; inftead of freeing his Mujefty from hrs

* bafe Imprifonment, that he may come to fome

* of his Houfes in or near London with Honour,

* Freedom, and Safety, where both Kingdoms

* may make their Applications to him for fettling

X 3 * Religion

326 T/&T Parliamentary H i s T OR Y

.An. 24. Car.' I. < keUgion and a well-grounded Peace; inftead of

t *64 , 4 difoanding the Army of Sectaries hy whofe Power

july> * and Tyranny all thefe Evils were come upon, us,

' and further threaten us ; without taking any No -

' tice at all of what, upon fo juft and neceflary

' Grounds, we demanded ; without any Repara-

' tion made for the many Injuries done to this

4 Kingdom and thofe employed by them, or any

* Anfwer to that Demand made by our CommiO-
« fioners, Whether it was intended that his Majefty
6 fhould be debarred from exercifing any Act of Go-
' vernment in relation to this Kingdom? Or whe-

* ther Scotf/nen^ employed and allowed by Scotland^
' might have free Accefs to him ? Inftead, we fay,

* of all thefe, we have received three Proportions

* to be prefented to his Majefty, that after his Ma-
' jefty's Aflent thereto, and to fuch Acts of Parlta-

* ment as (hall be offered by both Houfes for Con-
' formation thereof, then both Houfes will treat
' with his Majefty (without telling him or us where,
' or with what Security to either) concerning thd

* future Settlement of the Government of the
' Church and Settlement of the Militia, and the
' reft of the Proportions formerly tendered at
' Hampton-Court ; wirh a Defire from the Englifn

* Commiflioners refiding here, for us to prepare

* fuch Propofitions as we fhall judge fit and necef-

* fary for this Kingdom, that they may be fent to
' his Majefty with all convenient Speed. They
« did alfo communicate to- us feme Votes of the
< two Houfes ; and the Committee of Eftates told

* thern> That they could return no Anfwer till-firlt

* they received $«'Usfii£Hon to the J)ernands of thi-s
« Kingdom of the s^thoi" April. And thefe are

* as litde fatisficd ; Religion, the King:, and his

* Kingdoms as little fecured ; and t)^e folid Grounds
«• of a religious and good Peace, as little provided
4 for now as formerly.

' We fhall not much infift upon the Particulars

* of thefe Three Propofitions ; our Coinmiffioners

* did, on fome of them, fo fully exprefs themfelves,

* efpecially that of the Militia, in their late An-

< fwcr

^ENGLAND. 327

' fwer to the Proportions before they went t&- the An. 74 Car. j.

*• Ifle of /f%/;/, which we here hold as -repeated j t '_6*8' J

* but we cannot conceal how very unfatisf'a£toiy . ^

* that concerning Religion is; and we are forry to

* fee other Interefts ftill fo carefully provided for,

* and fo little Security to Religion ; which,. indeed,

* was the main and principal Caufe of our Engagc-

* ment in the late Wars. In thefe Propofitions we

* ftill find the Covenant omitted, one End of it

* only mentioned by way of Narrative, and the
' Propofitions for Uniformity according to the Co-

* venant, with all the other Propofitions of Reli-
« gion, left to the future 'Treaty. And all that is

* now defired., is, that Prefbyterial Government be
4 confirmed by A6£ of Parliament, in fuch Manner
' as both Houfes of Parliament have agreed in feve-

* ral Ordinances of Parliament ; that is to fay, &c.

' The Commiflioncrs of the Parliament and Ge-

* neral Aflembly of this Kingdom have fevcraj

* Times exprefled their Senfe of thcfe Ordinances,

* which we fliall not here repeat : But we doubt

* this new Etcetera is of a larger Extent, and re-
' lates to that impious Toleration, fettled by both
1 Houfes, fo contrary to the Covenant, fo deft rue-

* tive to the Ends ot it, and, for ought \ve know,
' not yet repealed ; again ft which this Kingdom

* hath fo fully declared in the aforc-inentibncd An-
' fwer to the new Propofitions; for it 'was then

* brought in as a Part of the Proportion for fettling

* Prefbyterial Government, as the Way that both
' the Houfes then agreed to. And feeing the fame

* over-awing Power continues^ which fu ft brought
' in that Toleration avowedly, we have Rcafon to
' apprehend it ftill remains ; but it is now covered

* and rolled up in this new 'Etcetera ; and we ha\ ;
' the greater Reafon to be unfatisficd, in thatPref-

* byterial Government is only demanded for three
' Years ; and, in the End of the Propofitions, it

* is profefled, That the Houfes will treat with his

* Majefty concerning the future Settlement of the
' Government of the Church, without relating the
4 Covenant as a Rule of that Government, or the

X 4 ' rropofi-

328 Ybe Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24. Car. I. { Propofitions formerly agreed upon by both King*

1645. i doms j but in fuch a general \Vay as may over-*

j*, ' throw all the Reformation eftablifhed, and open

* a Door to Hierarchy or Anarchy, to Epifcopacy,
' Independency, and to Toleration ; all abjured in
( our Solemn Covenant.

4 And feeing no Satisfaction is given to the fo juft

* and necefiary Pemands of the Parliament, of the

* 26th of jlpril) either for Religion or the King's

* Majeirv ; but that Religion is ftill in as much
' Hazard as ever; the King ftill barbaroufly detain-
' ec! in bis bafe Imprifcnment, and, as we are cre-
' dibly informed, daily in Danger of his Life by
4 Treachery and Poifon; and that Army of Sectaries,

* the great Caufe of all our Evils and Pangers, ftill
' kept up, ftrengthened, and a great Part of it now

* marched clofe to our Borders j tho' this Kingdom
' fhall never be averfe from giving ?nd receiving mu-

* tual Satisfaction by Treaty, yet we cannot agree to
' thefe Propofitions, nor join with the two Houfes

* in prefenting of them to his Majefty, whilft nei-

* ther King nor Parliament enjoy their Liberties.

* Wherefore we can no longer, as unconcerned

* Spectators, be Witnefles to the Lofs and Ruin

* of all, which, by the Oath of God that lies upon
' us in our Solemn League and Covenant, and by
' many other Obligations, we are bound to endea*
' vour to preferve : Arid the Ends being now the

* fame for which we were invited, and in Profe-
' cution whereof we have loft fo much Blocd, did

* undergo fo many flardihips, and fo much impo-^
' verifhed our own Country ; and being now enga-

* ged by the joint Declaration of both Kingdoms,
' never to lay dovvn Aims till Truth and Peace

* be fettled in this Idand, upon a firm Foundation,

* for theprefent and future Generations; being alfo
1 invited thereunto by many of thst Kingdom join-p
' ed in Covenant with us, our Forces are again In

* England; and, in Discharge of our Duties to

* God, our native King, our own Country, End
' our Brethren in Engl&:d, we have undertaken this

* fo necefiary Er.gaecjricnt, in Profecution of thofe
/ j ''juft,

rf

ENGLAND. 329

* juft, pious, and loyal Ends, to which we are fo fo- An- 24 Car- 1»
' lemnly fworn. And although we have not at all

* departed from our good old Principles, and that juiy.
' our Demands and Defires are contained in our

' feveral Declarations, Papers, and Addrefles this

* Time paft to the Houfes of Parliament ; yet fee-

* ing, by the Malice of our Enemies, many fcan-
' dalous and falfe Afperfions are caft upon us, our
' Actions and Intentions traduced, and Jealoufies
' raifed in the Minds of many good, though too

* credulous, Men, both at home and abroad ; for

* Satisfaction of all that are fatisfiable, and to wit-
' nefs the Sincerity of our Intentions and Refolu-
' tions, we fh,all here repeat our moft material De-
' fires, and the Grounds of our Undertakings.

* And, i/?, we declare before God and all the

* World, That we are refolved, fincerely, really,
( and conftaruly, to maintain and preferve invio-

* lably, with the Hazard of our Lives and Fortunes,

* and all that is deareft unto us, the Reformation

* of Religion, in Doctrine, Worfhip, Difcipline,
< and Government, as it is, by the Mercy of God

* and his Majefty's Goodnefs, eftablifhed by Law

* amongft us ; and never to luffer it, by Fraud or

* Force, to be taken from us ; nor yet to endure the
' bringing in of Epifcopacy, the Book of Common
4 Prayer, or any other of thofe Innovations and
' Superftitions thrown out of this Kirk, as fome

* have been fo impudent to aver ; and alfo, with

* the fame Sincerity, Reality, and Conftancy, in

* our Places and Callings, to the uttermoft of our
' Power, faithfully to endeavour the confirming

* what is already done in the Work of Reforma-

* tion, eftablifhing the Covenant, and attaining all
' the Ends of it in England and Ireland, particu-
' larly Reformation of Religion and Uniformity ac-

* cording to the Covenant.

2^/y, * We do alfo declare, That we will en-
' deavour the Rcfcue of his Mnjefty's Perfon from

* his bafe Imprifonment, that he may come with
4 Honour, Freedom, and Safety to fome of his own

* Houfes in or near London^ that the Parliaments

' of

33°

An. 34 Car. J.

r 1648.

The Parliamentary HISTORY

of b.oth kingdoms may make their Application*
to him, for obtaining his Royal Affent to fucb De-
fires as fhall he by them prefented unto hkn for
eftabliihjng Religion, as is above expreffed, and1
fettling a well-grounded Peace ; that fo his M*-'
jefty may live in the Splendour and Glory of his
Roya! Progenitors, as bejeemeth his Royal Place
and Dignity ; that all Differences and Troubles
may end in mutual Confidence and Rejoicing ;
the King may enjoy the Comfort of his Royat
Confort and Children, with other Contentments j
and we, after fo great piftraclions and long con-
tinued Sufferings, may r?ap the bleffed Fruits of
Truth and Pjeace under his Government : For
however the late Procedures of this Kingdom
may have b.een mifunderftood, yet God knows
that we have never admitted of any Thoughts td
the Prejudice of our gracious Sovereign, his Per-
fonr or Qoverftmenr,, to whom we pray that the
Lord w»H grant a long and a happy Reign ; and
that there may not want one of his Seed to rule
over us rightly, and to fit upon his Throne, while
the Sun and, the Moon endureth.
* 3^/y, That the twp IJoufes of parliament may
be reftored to their Freedoms ; that all Members;
who have been, faithful to this Caufc, may freely
and fafely attend their Charges •, that the Parlia-
ment, being Maftcrs of their own Councils and
Refults, they may, together with the Advice and
Confent of the Kingdom of Scotland, conclude
upon a, Treaty with his Majefty ; and all other
Things expedient to a thorough Settlement.
4^/y, ' That the City of London, which hath
expended fo much in BJood and Tfeafure, mav
have their former Proportions, prefcnted to the
King a; Oxford ar\d Ncwvytte, preflcd as was
formerly intended. . .

5^/y, ' That the Army of Sectaries, under the
Command of Thomas Lord Fairfax^ of Camerotf,
bedifbanded; and none employed, cither in rcl;:~
tion to the Profecution of the War in Ireland, or
the nsceiTary Garrifons and Forces,, but, fuch •<«

4 have

if E N G L A N D. 331

* have or (hall take the Covenant, and are well- An/ 14. Cv. 1.
c affected to Religion and Government; that fo the v_^_ t

* People of England may be eafed of Taxes, Free ~yjuly.
f Quarter, and other great Impositions under which

* they have fo long groaned,

btbly. * And although the Intereft of Religion, t

* the King, and Kingdoms, arid the fettling of a
« folid Peace, be the Caufc of this Undertaking ;

* yet we do not doubt but due Regard will be had

* to the Concernments of Scotland, contained in

* our feveral former Demands, both in relation to
' what is due to this Kingdom and their Armies

* here and in Ireland, as alfo what is neceflary for

* the better Safety, Union, and Government of the

4 Kingdoms.

* We have now exprefled the true Grounds and

* Reafons of this Engagement, and the Ends we

* propofe to ourfelves ; and we do expect that none

* who will not declare themfelves Enemies to God,
' the King, the Parliaments, and the Peace of thefe
' Kingdoms, will oppofe us in this fo pious, fo ne-
« ceflary an Undertaking ; and therefore we hope

* all Jealoufies and Mifunderftandings will be laid
' afide ; and that we fhall meet with a hearty Con-

5 currence both of all the Subjects of this Kingdom,
' and of our Brethren of England: And we do de-

* clare, That it fhall be our Endeavour to protect,
« in their Perfons and Goods, all of the Englijb
' Nation who fhall join in Covenant with us, and
' for profecuting of thefe Ends ; and that we will
' do Prejudice or ufe Violence to none, as far as

* we are able, but fuch as oppofe us, or thofe Ends
' above-mentioned : Particularly we fhall endea-
? vour that the Arrears due to all Soldiers who

* have ferved the Parliament of England in this

* Caufe, excepting fuch as have engaged arid abet-
' ted the Army in their Courfes, and fhall not im-

* mediately deiert them, may have their Accounts

* audited, Part of their Arrears paid, and Security
f for the reft, with full Indemnity.

* And becaufe our Army will be neceflitated to
\ live upon the Country, until a regular Courfe be

* taken

3 3 2 *The Parliamentary HISTORY

An. *4 Car. J. ' taken for their Maintenance, we do declare, That

I(H8. * it fliall be our Care that they carry themfelves

~"T^ "* « foberly, and be as little burthenfome as is poflible ;

* and that, before we return, we fliall labour to fee
' the Northern Counties fatisfied for what extraor-
' dinary Burdens they fuftain.

* To conclude : We declare before God and
« the World, That we refolve, by God's Afliftance,

* in all our Proceedings, never to break, on our

* Parts, the Union betwixt the Kingdoms, nor to

* incroach upon the National Rights of the Sub-
' jefts of England, or to entrench upon their juft
' Liberties ; much lefs is it our Intention at all to
« make a National Engagement againft the Parlia-
' ment and Kingdom of England, but for them,

* whofe Freedom, Privileges, and Happinefs {hall
' ever be as dear to us as our own ; and that our
' juft Defines being provided for and fecured, then

* immediately our Army (hall depart the Kingdom
' of England, and return peaceably home again,

* whereof we have twice already given real Tefti-
' monies ; our Intentions being ever the fame with

* our Profeffions, refolving ftill to continue fted-
« faft in the Profecution of them : For the Ac-
4 complifhment whereof, we mall be ready to fa-

* crifice both our Lives and Fortunes.

ARCH. PRIMEROSE.

Mr. Wbitlocke makes this Reflection on the Scott,
Army's coming into England : ' Here you may
take Notice, fays the Memorialift, of a ftrange
Turn in the Affairs of this Parliament, to which
all Human Affairs are Cub] eft, but in thefe Times
much more than ordinary. You have read the
great Endeavours formerly to bring the Scots in as
Friends to aflift the Parliament ; and may remem-
ber the Story of their Actions and Return home
again : Now the other Faftion m Scotland prevail-
ing, the Scots are turned Enemies to England, and
invade them with a confiderable Army. Before
they joined with the Parliament againft the Kingy

of ENGLAND. 333

now they join with the King's Forces againft the An. »4 car.
Parliament. How like the Sea the People of the ,
World are, ftill ebbing or flowing, always in an
uncertain Motion, and conftant in nothing butln-
conftancy !'

But to leave this Digreffion ; and return to our
Subject.

Both Houfes, about this Time, pafTtd the fol- The Parliament
lowing Vote, * That in regard the Duke of Buck- offer an Indem-
tngham hath not fprmerly borne Arms againft the
Parliament, and in regard of his Youth to which
his late Mifcarriage may be rather attributed than
to any Malice in Opposition to the Parliament, and
in regard he is the only Son now left (j) to inhe-
rit that great Honour ; the Lords and Commons do
think fit to offer this Favour to him, and do here-
by declare that, in cafe the faid Duke of Bucking-
bam {hall come within fourteen Days after the
publifhing hereof, and render himfelf to the Par-
liament, and engage never to take up Arms againft
the Parliament hereafter, that then he fhall be in-
demnified for his late Oppofition made in taking
up Arms againft the Parliament.'— However, the
Duke of Buckingham did not think proper to comply
with the Terms of this Offer, but made his Efcape
into Holland, as has been already mentioned.

A Conference had been defired by the Lords
•with the other Houfe, on the 8th of this Month,
in which they delivered their Reafons for adhering
to their own Vote of the 3Oth of Jun? laft, 4 That
the Three Propofitions fent into Scotland, to be
granted by the King, Ihould not be infifted ori be-
fore the Treaty with his Majefty was begun.' And,

July 2 1 . The Earl of Mancbefter reported to the
Lords another Conference, held by Defire of the
Commons on this Subject, in the following Man-
ner :

'That

, (j)~His only Brother, the Lord Fraw't niliirt, was killed in ths

r^)e Parliamentary HIST^RV

I. « That Mr. Swinfen faid, That the Houfe of
Commons having received a Refplution from th'eir
~TC ' Lordfhips, not to infift upon the Three Proportions
to be offered to the King before the Treaty b£
begun ; they had, upon fenous DebateV refolved
to adhere to their, former Vote* touching the Three
Propofitions to be figned by the King before a
Treaty; in which Vote they defire their Lordfhips
Concurrence : Their Reafons are thefe :

I. * That many Perfons, in the like Infurre&ions
at a Conference, as jn Xentt EJJex^ and other Places, with their Ad-
^h" S^KiUg herents, who prefs the Parliament with fo much Vi-
Aould aflent to olence for a Perfonal Treaty, before any Founda-

^SSTbefore tion °f Security be fil ft la"1(5> ( uP°n the fPecious Pre-
Trrcatty. * ° tence or" Peace, which they now make ufe of to
raife a War) will, upon the fame Pretence, if fuch
a Treaty fhould be yielded unto, prefs the Parlia-
ment to yield up all that Treaty ; to the end they
may fet up abfolute Tyranny, that they, as Inftru-
inents, may have Shares therein, and repair them-
felves with the Spoil of the Commonwealth.

II. * Thefe Three Propofitions are efTentially ne-
teflary to the prefent Peace and Safety of the Par-
liament, and thofe that have engaged with them ;
and in thefe the Parliament hath gone fo low al-
ready, that they cannot further recede; unlefs they
fhould refolve, before-hand, to treat away all that
they have endeavoured to preferve with the Lofs of
fo much Blood and Treafure j and if the Houfe of
Commons had not intended, and the Lords de-
clared, thefe only as a neceflary Step and Intro-
duction to a Treaty, to be had For a more perfc&
Settlement for the future, the Houfe of Commons
•would not have gone fo low in them at prefent.

III. c Treaties are then ufeful, when one or both
Parties differing had not fufHcient Time to confi*
der of the Matter of Controverfy, or Where the
Matter is fuch as that there reftet'h a great Diffe»
rence in Judgment about it ; but thefe Three Pro-
pofitiqns have been often, and for a .long Time,
confidered by both the King and Parliament ; and
fo much thereof as is infifted upon to be granted

before

bf ENGLAND. 33$

before the Treaty, it appeareth the King can give An. 24 Car.
his Aflent unto,. by what he hath exprefled in his |648'
Meflages to the Hbufes ; tho', in further Concef- j^C]
fions, he allcdged that he is yet unfatisfied in point
of Honour and Conference.

IV. * If by any Difturbance the Treaty (hould
produce no Settlement, th,efe Things not being
granted, the following Inconveniences would en-
fue;

t-. * There would not be Power in the Houfes
to matter thofe unhappy Tempers, which are like
to continue for fome Time after the End of this
unhappy War-.

&. ' Thofe Minifters that have been placed by
the Parliament will be thrown out of their Livings,
and all Minifters and others, who cannot comply
with that Ecclefiaftical Jurifdi&ion, and fubmit to
thofe Ceremonies, which will revive, are in Danger
to undergo a more rigid Profecution than ever be-
fore.

3. * There wHl be no Provifion made for the In-
demnity of thofe who have adhered to the Parlia-
ment ; and the Brands of Rebellion and Treafon
will remain to Pofterity on both Houfes of Parlia-
ment, which never had fuch Cenfures by any of his
Majefty's Predeceflbrs, in the greateft Height of
their Differences.

c Upon thefe Reafons they hoped their Lordfliips
Judgments would be fo fatisfied as to join with the
Houfe of Commons in their Vote ; and that when
the faid Propofnions (hall be fent to the King, ia
jmrfuance thereof, they have made fome other
Vot.es wherein their Lordfhips Concurrence is de*-
fired. ....
, The faid Votes were read as follow :

i. ' That this Houfe is jcfolved that, the Three
Proportions being granted in Manner as is pro*-
pofed, then both Houfes of Parliament will treat
with his Majcfty in "Perfon, by a Committee ap-»
pointed by both Houfes ; for the future Settlement
.ot.the.Gp.vernment.of the Church, the Settlement
«f the"Mt]iti2, ^ana the reft of the Propofitions ten*-
'' 4 dercd

336 The Parliamentary H I s T o K V

An. 24 Car. I. dered to his Majefty at Hampton-Court ; and fudt
t l648' J other Propofitions as (hall be propounded, either by
~ juvj his Majefty or the Houfes^ for the fettling of a fafe

and well-grounded Peace.

2. c That after the Three Propofitions are af-
fented to, and figned as is defired, the King be de-
fired to nominate three Places within twenty Miles
of Weftmlnfter^ two of which to be at leaft ten
Miles diftant from Wejlmtnjler^ where the Treaty
fliall be, and then both Houfes of Parliament {hall
have Liberty to chufe one of them as they ftiall
think fit.

3. « That a Committee of both Houfes be ap-
pointed to be fent to the King with the Three Pro-
pofitions \ and that a Vote touching the Place of"
the Treaty be delivered to the Lords at a Confe--

Which not fatif- This Report being ended, the Lords fell into
fying the Houfe Confideration of the Reafons now offered at this
of Lords, Conference, by the Commons, in Support of their

former Vote for the Three Propofitions to be ten-
dered to the King before a Treaty ; and, after1
fome Debate, the Queftion was put, Whether this
Houfe do adhere to their own Vote of the 3Oth of
"June laft, ' Not to infift upon the Three Propofi-
tions before the Treaty be begun,' notwithftanding
the Reafons offered this Day by the Houfe of Com-
mons at a Conference? It was refolved in the Af-
firmative. And a Committee was appointed to
draw up Reafons to be offered at a Conference
with the Houfe of Commons, in Anfwer to thofej
delivered at the laft free Conference, for adhering
to their Vote for the King's granting the Three
They appoint a Propofitions before the Treaty j which, the next
Committee to Day, were reported by the Lord North, as follows:

draw up an An- * '

fwer to the Com-
mons Reafons* The Anfwer to the hrft Reafon, urged by the

Commons.

' The Counties that prefs for an immediate free
Perfonal Treaty with the King towards a Peace,
cannot, wilh like Reafon, urge Conclufions de-

ftru&ive

\

?f ENGLAND. . 337

fbruftive to the public Security upon a Treaty ; nor An. 24 Car.
will there be any proportionable Reafbn for the Par-
liament to coinply with fuch a Defire. Tu

The Anfwer to the Second Reafon :

* How neceflury ibever the Threu Proportions
may be, in Concluflon, for Safety in a Peace, pro-
vided that the Circumilance of a Treaty be fecure ;
they cannot be conceived fo neceflary to go before
a Peace and a Treaty, more than hitherto they
have been to our Subfiftance during the War.

The Anfwer to the Third Reafon :

* Though the Three Propofitions are new to
neither Party, and that the King hath expreffed
fome Inclination to give Satisfaction to them, yet
he hath ever affirmed that he would be conclud-
ed by nothing till the End of the Treaty ; where-
upon much Time may be fpent in little Hope of
obtaining.

The Anfwer to the Fourth Reafon :
' As to the Inconveniences fuppofed to enfue in.
cafe the Treaty take not Effect, whereunto might
be added many more if not provided for, it is con-
ceived a fufficient Anfwer, That all Things will
remain in the fame State as when the Treaty be-
gun, which cannot be apprehended any Lofs of
Prejudice.

* Upon the whole Matter, the Lords do not con-
ceive that their preceding Reafons are anfwered by
what was delivered at the laft Meeting ; and find-
ing no further Satisfaction, whereupon to alter
their Opinions, omitting much more that might be
offered in Support thereof, they ftill continue to
think good that a convenient Treaty may be ad-
mited, without Infifting upon the Three Propofi-
tions to be granted before-hand.'

The Houfe of Lords approved of thefe Reafon &
drawn up by their Committee, and ordered them to
be offered to the Commons at another Conference.

VOL, XVII. Y Ths

The Tarllamentary HISTORY

The fame Day, "July 22, the Commons fent up?

33*

An. 24. Car. I.

*648' a Meffage to acquaint the Lords with a Refolution
~\V they had taken to recall the Members of their Houfe
that were Commiffioners in Scotland, that fo their
"The Parliament Lordfhips might fend for theirs if they thought fit 5
Ordered accordingly.

" which

Scotland.

A Letter from
Yarmouth, con-
cerning the
Prince of Wales' s
appearing on
board a Fleet off
that Port.

July 27. This Day the following Letfer was pre-
fented to the Houfe of Lords, addrefled to the
Committee of Lords and Commons at Derby-
Hoitfe, from the Bailiffs of Yarmouth :

Right Honourable,

WE received your Letter of the 20th In-
ftant, informing us of two Companies
by you ordered to be drawn down into our Town,
the one from Capt. Brewjler, the other from
Norwich, for our Defence and Afliftance, in cafe
the revolted Ships fnould make their Defcent hi-
ther. Before the Receipt of which Letter, viz.
on Saturday laft at Noon-Tide, the Ships were
come and at an Anchor in the Road, to the great
Amazement of all the Beholders ; the Prince of
Wales, Prince Rtfyert, and divers Lords and many
Gentlemen being in them (/).
' We flood upon our Defence^ and forthwith
addrefled Letters to the Committee for the Coun-
ty of Norfolk, and to Norwich, to Capt. Brew-
Jier, in Suffolk, to Sir John Wentworth and others,
for Affiftance ; which very readily they gave us,
and had Major Jertny with his Troop very active
for us, and other Forces provided by his Excel-
lency to be fent down unto us. We waited for
fome Meflengers or Meffage to be fent unto us
from the Prince, but none came ; yet we fieard,\
from the Seamen that were on board, that his
Highnefs took great Offence at fome conceived
Difcourtefies from the Town ; and that fending
fome Meffengers on Shore to provide Flefli-
Victuals, they were not fuffered to come on

« Shore,,

(f) The Lords WilhugMy of Parbam, Wtlmot, fiopton,
Sir Jeffrey Palmer, Ac. Wbitlecke, 319

of E N G L A N D. 339

Shore, but driven back by the Troopers , where- An- *4 Car- T«

upon we thought fit to fend two of our Brethren v_ ^^

on board the Prince, and did it this Day in the ~ July]

Morning, to fatisfy his Highnefs touching thofe

Mifapprehenlions ; which was very well taken

by him, and very good Refpedt given to our

Meflengers ; and this only defired, that we fhould

accommodate his Highnefs with fome fmall Pro-

vifions for his Money, (which was readily af-

fented unto) and expreffing to them that there

were no Defigns upon this Place, or for the Ships

to come hither, but that they were driven into

the Road by crofs Winds, going for the Do^vns^

on Friday laft, and would be gone again the firft

fair Wind. His Highnefs was pleafed to give a

fair Difmiffion to our Meflengers, and the Wind

coming more to the Weft this Afternoon, the

Ships weighed Anchor and fet Sail, and are gone ,

to the Downs.

4 Yefterday the two Companies, ordered by yoift*

Honours for our Affiftance, being fent down, we

advifed with Sir John Went-worth, Major Jerniy,

and Mr. Breivfter, to have them drawn up, one

Company on the right Side of the Town, and the

other Company on the left Side, without En-

trance into the Town j which was affented unto

by all Parties, as being thought more convenient,

and to do better Service than to come in.

' This is all the Account we can give your Ho-

nours in thefe Affairs, which we humbly pray

may be accepted, together with our humble

Thanks for the great Care of the Safeguard and

Security of our Town ; and fo relying upon your

Favours, with a Tender of our humble Duties

and Service, we reft

Tour Honours mo/l humble Svrvantf,

THO. MENTHORP,
J648. ISRAEL INGRAM,

P. S. ' This inclofed Copy was delivered to our
* Meflengers that went on board, but without any

Defire for us to engage upon the fame.'

The

34°

An. 14 Car.
1648.

""~V—

July.

The Parliamentary Hi STORY

The Paper referred to in the foregoing Letter^
which is entered in the Lords Journals, contains-
the Heads of a Declaration from the Prince of
Wales, fetting forth the Reafons of his Appearance
on board the Fleet ; and ordered to be digefted into
Form by the Lords Willougbby of Parbam, Hoptony
Colepeper, and his Highnefs's Secretary : This, be-
ing printed both in Rujhwortb («) and Wbltlocke(iv},
we purpofely omit ; in order to make Way for the
Declaration at large, which was, foon after, fent
inclofed in the following Letter from the Prince to
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Coun-
cil of the City of London, (x).

CHARLE'S Pr.

Right Trujfy and Well-beloved, and frujly and
Well-beloved, we greet you well.

WE have endeavoured by our public Decla-
ration, which we fend you herewith to
give Satisfaction to the whole Kingdom of Eng-
land, in the Grounds and Reafons of our prefent
Undertaking : But we think fit notwithstanding,
to make a particular Addrefs to you as the moft
confiderable Part of the Kingdom > being ex-
tremely defirous that the City of London fhould
be fully fatisfied that our Intentions are juft and
honourable, and fuch as we have profefled in
our faid Declaration, for the Peace and Happi-
nefs of all his Majefty's Subjects : And we can-
not defpair of gaining a Belief and Confidence
with you, when it fhall appear that our Actions
and Proceedings are conformable to our Profef-
fions, and in order to thofe public Ends and that
happy Settlement of the Kingdom, which we
have propofed as the chief End of all our En-
deavours.

4 And becaufe there are divers Ships now flayed
in the Downs by our Order, whereof fome of
great Value belong to Members of the City of Lon-

' don;

(u) CttteElions, Vol. VII. p. 1207. (TO) Memorials, p. 320.
(x) Both thefe are taken from the Original Edition, printed by
in the Collections of the late Sir jrebn Napier, Bart,

<f E N G L A N D; 341

* don; to prevent all Misinterpretation of our In- An. 24 Car,
4 tentions in that Particular, we think fit to af- t |64_8'

' fure you, that we are fo far from intending V'io-

' lence to the Perfons or Goods of any of that City,

' or any other particular Advantage therein, that

* our only Aim and End is to procure a Subfift-
' ance for the Navy under our Command ; that

* thereby we may be enabled to protect the Ships,
•.* VefTels, and Goods-, and to fecure the Trade,
' not only of the City of London^ but of all other

* * his Majefty's good Subjects : And being for the
' prefent utterly unable to provide for fo great a

* Charge, as having been for fome Years deprived
' as well of our own Eftate, as of the Supplies we
' might have drawn from the Bounty of the King

* our Royal Father, we think fit to have Recourfe to
6 you; defining you to fupply us with the prefent Sum
5 of 20,000 /. to be employed for the Support and

* Subfiftance of the Navy now under our Command.
' To this End we mall put the fame into the

' Hands of fuch Perfons, as mail render an exact

* Account thereof, which (hall be communicated
.* to you ; and being thus furnifhed by you in

* this Neceflity, for which we have no other

* Means to make Provifion, we mail immediately
.* discharge all Ships of Merchandize, which have
.'* been ftayed by our Fleet, though of a far greater
' Value than the Sum we defire ; {hall carefully

* hereafter protect the Ships and Goods, and fe-

* cure the Trade and- Commerce of that City,

* which we conceive to be one of the proper and

* natural Employments of his Majefty's Navy j
•' and for which, as for other Reafons, it hatji al-
:* ways been maintained out of the Cuftoms paid

* to his Majefty j out of which, as foon as it mall
1 be in our Power, we mall take Care to have the
' Taid Sum of 20,000 /. repaid you.

c And fo defining a prefent Supply, the pref-
•* fing Neceffities of the Fleet admitting no De-
;' lay, we bid you heartily farewell/

Given under our Hand and Seal thf 2Qtk of July,
in the i^th Tear of the Reign of our R yal Fa-
ther the King.

Y 3 Tbt

342

A». 24 Car. T.

— v~

July.

A Declaration of

the Grounds and t
Reafons of his
Undertaking, '

ffbe Parliamentary HISTORY

e D E C L A-R A T I 0 N of his Highnefs Prince
CHARLES, to all his Juajg/ly's loving Subjietfs>
concerning the Grounds and Ends of his prefent En-
gagement upon the Fleet in the Downs.

HO W natuially land ftrongly our particular
Intereft inclineth us to contribute our ut-
' mofl Endeavours towards the fettling of a well-
' grounded and lading Peace, in all his Majefty's
' Dominions, is notorioufly evident to every Man
' of common Underftanding, that confidereth the
' Relation we have to them, as Heir Apparent to
1 the Crown, together with the Meafurc of our
' prefent Sufferings, and the Portion which we arc

* to expect in fuch a happy Settlement : Befides,

* which particular Confideration, we find ourfelf

* charged with a more public Duty, both to the
' King our Father in his prefent Diftrefs, as like-

* wife to all his loyal Subjects in this their com-
' mon Calamity, obliging us to lay hold on all
' Opportunities which (hall be offered us, proper
' to obtain this bleffed Peace j That only being able

* to free his IV^ajefty and all his good People from
' their prefent Sufferings, and to reftore him and
« them to that Happinefs which the Practices,
' Power, and Violence of evil Men, the now Ene-
' mies of Peace, have bereaved them of.

4 This bleffed Peace is that which we humbly

* and earneftly implore of Almighty God in our

* daily Prayers ; and which is, and fliail be, the

* principal and ultimate End of all our Councils

* and Refolutions, and particularly of this our pre-
< fent Undertaking j on which we beg a Blefling

* of the God of Peace, as this our Profeffion is real
' and fincere. Neither ought it to feem ftrange to

* any, that, thus profefiing for Peace, we now ap-
4 pear in Arms, as well in Perfon at Sea, as like-

* wife by our Correfpondency and Commiffions at
' Land ; fmce the Malice and wicked Arts of thefe
' Peace-haters, againft whom we now declare as

* public Enemies to God and good Men, have

* rendered all other Endeavours to obtain the fame
' vain and ineffectual ; and, thereby utterly ob-

* ftruiting all Means of Reconciliation betwixt his

5 « Majefty

of E N G L A N D. 343

f -Majefty and his People, have compelled us to thi'sAn- 24 Car-

* laft, and indeed only, Expedient that is left us : So ^_ _
' that, being thus neceflkated either to fit ftill as un- ,

* concerned, whilft the King our Father is a clofe
-* Prifoner in the Power of his Enemies, and whilit

* all his good People lie miferably groaning under

* the cruel Tyranny of Fellow-Subjects j or, by

* Force of Arms, to endeavour to free him and

* them from thefe unheard-of Outrages : As our
4 Election in this Cafe is eafily made, fo ought
•* all Men to look upon us thus engaged as acting

* in order to that Peace, and profecuting the only

* Means left to obtain the fame.

* Being thus rightly underftood by thofe whofe
' Intereft, as well as their Duty, obligeth them to

* join with us in this good Work ; as we fhall, in

* the firft Place, look up to Heaven for a BlefHng

* from the Lord of Hofts on this good Caufe, fo
-' we fhall defire, and expect, the ready and chear-

* ful Afliftance of the Hearts and Hands of all his

* Majefty's good Subjects, as Opportunity, effec-
6 tually to appear with and for us, fhall be offered

* to them. And that the ufual cunning Arts of

* their and our Enemies may not abufe any of them

* with falfe Suggeftions or Mifinterpretations of
4 our Proceedings, we hereby, with that Candour

* and Sincerity which becomes a Chriftian and a

* Prince, declare and publifh to the whole World,
•* That the true Grounds, Reafons, and Ends of

* this our Engagement are thefe, and none other:

i. * The Honour of God's holy Name, in the

-* Defence of the truj Proteftant Religion, and his

" Divine Worfhip, againft all Oppofers whatfoever;

and particularly againft the Herefies, Schifms,

fcandalous Doctrines and Practices declared

againft in his Majefty's Agreement with the Scots

CommiflLoners, bearing Date at Carijbrook-CaJllt

the 26th Day of December laft (y) ; and the Ef-

tabiiihing of Church-Government as is therein

mentioned, and accorded to by his Majefty, as

alfo the mutual Performance of that Agreement.

Y 4 2. * The

( y) The Motives to the King's /igning this Agreement, an<i the Ar-
ticle's thereof, may be feea in Lord Clawdtn, Vol. V.p, tot t» lot

The Parliamentary HISTORY

2. « The Refloring of his Majefty to his Liberty
and juft Rights ; and in order thereunto, and for
the fettling of a happy Peace, a fpeedy Perfonal
Treaty with his Majefty, with Honour, Free-
dom, and Safety.

3. ' The Support and Defence of the known
Laws of the Kingdom.

4.. ' The Maintenance of the Freedom and juft
Privileges of Parliament.

5. ' The Defence of the Liberty and Property
of the Subject againft all Violence, Rapine, and
OppreiEcn ; fuch as Excife, Contribution, Free-
quarter, and all other illegal Taxes.

6. ' The Obtaining of fuch an Act of Oblivion
and Indemnity as may moft firmly bind up the
Bond of Peace.

7. * The fpeedy Difoanding of all Armies, and
particularly that uncier the Command of the Lord
Fairfax.

8. ' The Defence of the Honour of the Englijh

* Nation, and his Majefty's Rights in the Narrow
; Seas ; the Protection and Security of the Trade
1 of all his Majefty's loyal Subjects ; the Support
1 of the Navy Royal, and the Encouragement of
' all the Officers and Mariners of the fame, to
' whofe exemplary Courage, Conduct, and good

* Affections, we owe this prefcnt Opportunity,
' with them, thus to appear for Peace.

* And now, having thus fully and fmcerely de-

* clared our Intentions and Refolutions, we ear-
' neftly invite, and (by the Authority as well in-
4 herent in our Perfon during his Majefty's Re-
' ftraint, as alfo derived particularly and formally

* from him, under the Great Seal of England) do

* require and command, all his Majefty's loyal Sub-
' ]ects heartily to join and aflbciate themfelves with
' us in this our Undertaking ; and, with Force of
1 Arms under us, as likewife by all other good
4 Means in their Power, to oppofe and refift all

* fuch Perfons and Forces, as well by Land as Sea,
« as fhall oppofe us and this blefied Peace : As
' likewife to be aiding and affifting to all fuch as

of ENGLAND..

are now in Arms againft thofe Enemies of Peace j An
' and particularly to encourage, aid, and relieve,
* as Friends and Brethren, the 'Scots Army, now
' on their March for his Majefty's Refcue ; of
' whofe Loyalty to his Majefly, and good Affec-
' tions to the Kingdom of England, we are fully
fatisfied. And we more efpecially exhort the
1 City of London and the Port-Towns of England,
' upon whofe Actions the Eyes of the whole King-
dom are particularly fixed, by their good Ex-
ample, to encourage all the People of England
manfully to fhake off the heavy Yoke now im-
4 pofed on them by Force of Arms, as on a con-
' quered Nation ; and inftead of that lawlefs
Power which now depriveth them of the Secu-
' rity of their Perfons, and the Property of their
Goods and Eftates, to vindicate the juft Rights
of free-born Subjects of England, in feeking their
' Protection under the Government of their un-
doubted Sovereign Lord our Royal Father, and

* the Law of the Land.

4 Upon thefe Foundations, by the Bleffing of
c God on the chearful and effectual Concurrence

* of the now undeceived People of England, we

* (hall yet hope for fuch a fpeedy Conclufton of the

* prefent Diffractions, as may prevent the further
4 unnatural Effufion of Chriftian and EngliJJ)}$\ooAt
' and the Miferies of a new War : To which End,
4 that all Prejudices whatsoever, fo far as poffibly
' fhall be in our Power, may be removed, we fur-
4 ther declare, That we (hall not only willingly
' decline the unpleafing Memory of all that is paft,
4 fo far as may concern any, who, upon this our
« Invitation, {hall return to their Duty ; but fhall

* very particularly accept of, and efteem the Per-

* fons and Afliftanceof thofe, howfoever formerly
4 mi fled, which {hall now join with us : And, in
4 particular, we hereby promife, that all fuch Of-

* ficers and Soldiers in the Lord Fairfax's Army,
4 without Exception ; as likewife all fuch Officers
4 and Seamen with the Earl of Warwick (of the

* good Affections of moft of whom we are well af-

4 fured)

Parliamentary HISTORY

{ fured) as {hall, upon the fir/I proper Opportunity,
< quit that their Engagement, (hall be fully fatisfied
' °^ tne*r ^ay anc^ Arrears ^ue unto tnem, with Af-

* furance of iuch Indemnity as they {hall propound,
' and ihall be fafely received into our Prote&ion

* and Care.

* In thelaft Place; we {hall defire, that no in-
' terefted Perfons will mifmterpret the prefent Stop
•* of any Veflels, or Merchandizes, now made by
' us here in the Downs j our Intention not being to
' break Bulk, or alter the Property of the Owner

* thereof, except we {hall be compelled thereunto

* by the Refufal of fuch reafonable and necefiary
f Support for our Navy as may enable them and us
« to fubfift, and proceed in our prefent Undertaking.
' Which Demand of ours, herewith fent to the

* City of London^ we hope no Man will think un-
' reafonable who confiders, that, by the Laws of

< the Land and Practice of all Times, the Cuf-
f toms and Sea-Duties have been granted, and

* ought to be employed, for the Maintenance of the
' King's Navy, as the proper and natural Provifion

* for the fame.

« And now, for Conclufion of what we have to
« fay, we conjure all the good Subjects of England^
« by the Duty they owe to God and Man, and by

< all that is precious to themfelves, that they be not

* difcouraged in their Attempt to free the Nation

* from the Tyranny they live under j by obtaining,

* maugre all Oppofition, this blefled Peace (it be-
f ing vifible to all Men, and confefled even by thofe
« that live upon the Spoil of the People, that no-
« thing but a fpeedy Peace can preferve the King-
f dom from 'utter Ruin j) but, on the contrary^

* that they join and aflbciate themfelves as one

< Man, againft the Power and Practices of all Per-
f fons whatfoever, who, under fpecious Pretences,

* propofe to themfelves their particular ambitious
f fends in the Change of the happy Government of

< England; which, if not thus prevented, will ne-
f ceffitate not only the Continence of the prefent
4 Miferies, but will entail the fame to Pofterity,

« and

• of E N G ly A N D.

* snd kindle a bloody War for many Generations An

* to come j which God of his Mercy avert.

Annexed to this Declaration and Letter was a
Lift of the Ships which had joined the Prince,

Zfl

Sbipj Names. Tons. Guns.

Conflant Reformation 850 - 50 — —
Convertinc, --- 650 -- 40 --
3 wallow, ---- 650 -- 36 --
Antelope, --- 600 -- 36 --
Satisfaction, -- 300 -- 28 -
Conftant Warwick -- 250 -- 24 --
Blackmoor Lady, — 180 -- 18 --
Crefcent, — — » — 80 -- 15 -
Roebuck, — — ~ 70 - -- 15 -
pelican, — — 60 -- 12 --

3690 274 JJOO

Thefe revolted Ships had perplexed the Parlia*
jnent very much. Some Orders had been made to
allow Time for them to come in, and their whole
Arrears to be paid them : All which having no Ef-*
feel,

July 28. The Commons fent up to the Lords whereupon both
the following Vote for their Concurrence : * That Houfes give Or-
the Earl of Warwick, Lord-High-Admiral of Eng- J?8^?^
land, be authorifed and required to fight with the ^t with the
revolted Ships ; or any Perfon or Perfons, of any revolted Part of
Condition or Quality whatfoever, that (hall be up-
on the faid Ships; or (hall join with them; or (hall
any way oppoie the Power and Authority of Par-
liament.3 -- The Earl of Pembroke having expref-
fed great Earneftnefs in favour of this Refolution of
the Commons, the Earl of Lincoln flood up (y] and
defired the Lords to confider that the Prince of
Wales was on board one of th,e revolted Ships, and
he hoped that Noble Peer would not have a Com-
iniffion granted fo at large as to kill the Prince.

Ta

(y} Mercxn'tis Pragmatictii, N° 184

348 72tf Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. To which trje Earl of Pembroke anfwered with
t l£4-8' , great Warmth, That he loved the Prince as weli
~* J«V ~~ as himfelf ; and if he were out of the Houfe he
would call the Earl of Middlefex to Account for his
Words. To this the:latter replied, He knew not
what Spirit might be in the Earl of Pembroke now he
was an old Man, but that he was fure his Lordfhip
was of another Temper when he was young. — At
length the Queftion being put for concurring with
the Commons in giving Power to the Lord-Admiral
as propofed, it pafTed in the Affirmative j but the
Earls of Rutland, Suffolk, Lincoln, Middlefex, and
the Lord Hunfdon^ entered their Diflent.

And agree to a The ^ame Day the Commons took into Confi-
Terfcnai Treaty deration the Manner of fettling a Peace with the
with tb- King in King ; and the Queftion being put to adhere to
W*ht' their former Vote, ' That the King ftiould affent to
the Three Proportions previous to a Treaty,1 it
psfled in the Negative by 71 againft 64. Then it
was refolved, That a Treaty be had in the Ifle of
IVigbt^ with the King in Perfon, by a Committee
appointed by both Houfes, upon all the Propofi-
tions prefented to him at Hampton-Court^ and for
the taking away of Wards and Liveries, for fettling
a fafe and well-grounded Peace. But it being
moved, to add thefe Woids and not elfewkere, the
Yeas and Noes were each 57, Whereupon the
Speaker turned the Scale by giving his Vote againft
the Addition propofed. A remarkable Inftance of
the Equality of the Prefbyterian and Independent
Parties at this Juncture.

'July 29, The foregoing Vote being fent up to
the Lords, they not only agreed to it, out alfo fent
2 Mefiage to the other Houfe to defire, That the
Committee for Peace might meet the next Day, to
confiderof all the Circumftances neceflary for the
fafe and fpeedy carrying on this Treaty with the
King -, in particular, That his Majefty might be,
\vith Honour, Freedom, and Safety, in fuch Place
in the Ifle of Wi«ht as he (hould make Choice of;

arid

tf E N G L A N D. 349

£h<3 alfo concerning the Time when the faid An- *4 Car. I.
treaty {hould begin. To both which Defires the ^ *6*_ , •
Commons agreed. July.

We mall conclude our Account of the Proceed-
ings of this Month with a Speech made by Sir John
Maynard^ (one of the Eleven Members accufed
by the Army, and lately reftored to his Seat in the
Houfe) on behalf of the famous Colonel John Lil-
kurne, of whom frequent Notice has been taken
in this Parliament. The laft Mention we made of
him was in Jul'j 1646 (z), when he was fentenced
by the Houfe of Lords to pay a Fine of 4000 /.
and to be committed to the Tower for feven Years,
where he had continued Prifoner ever fince, altho*
many Attempts had been made in Parliament for
his Releafe.

This Speech made by a Member of fo great
Eminence, and which is a fummary Recapitula-
tion of Col. Lilburnis whcle Cafe, we find no
where but in our own Collection of Pamphlets (a] :
It runs thus :

Mr. Speaker,

' TT7 E are called hither as Truftees and Repre- sir John May-
W fentatives of the People j and it is our Du- nard's Speech ia
ty to reprefent to you the Grievances of any which tenant-CoknT
are injured or opprefied : To be as careful of them John Lilbume,
as of ourfelves, being; the eflential Part of our Pri- PTifoner in thq
vileges. Tower-

' The Law of the Land is every Englijhman's
Birth-right j and you are the Confervators of the
Law, in which we wrapped up our Lives, Liber-
ties and Eftates.

* Mr. Speaker : Without any further Preamble
or Introduction, I mail acquaint you briefly with the
Sufferings of Lieutenant-Colonel John Lilburney
who hath been imprifoned two Years illegally by
the Lords, who by Law have no Jurifdi£tion over
Commoners, in criminal Cafes, againft their Wills.

* About

(z) In our Fifteenth Volume, p. 15, et fef.

(a) London, printed for J, Harris, Aug* it, 164?,

efbe Parliamentary HISTORY

e About four Years fince, there was a great-
falling out betwixt Lieutenant-Colonel Lilburne,
and Colonel King his Officer ; both faithful Men
to your Service4 and of high Spirits, fierce and re-
folute : The Difference grew to fuch a Height,
that Lieutenant-Colonel Lilburne complained to his
Commander in Chief, the Earl of Manchejler, that
Colonel King had betrayed Croudakdi &c. and
humbly befought his Lordmip to call a Council of
War, and he would make good his Accufation.
The Earl of Manchejler, 'hoping to compofe the
Difference, put it off, and Lieutenant-Colonel Lil-
burne perfifted j but, feeing Juftice delayed, he came
to London, and divulged abroad that Colonel King
was a Traitor to his Truft j whereupon Colonel
King fued him, at Common-Law, in an AcYiotv
of 2000 /. and Lieutenant-Colonel Lilkurne appli-
ed himfelf to the Houfe of Commons, praying that
the whole Bufmefs might be heard and tried at a
Council of War, by that Ordinance which was-
eftablifhed in the Earl of Eflejfs Articles ; they be-
ing both Soldiers, and having fubje&ed themfelves
to the Law Martial : For Lieutenant-Colonel Lil-
Ittme knew, by the Letter of the Common Law*
he was gone, it being Treafon by the Com-
mon Law to hold a Fort or Caftle againft the
King.

c It feems this Bufmefs depended before Judge
Reeves, who was a faithful worthy Judge, and ne-
ver deferted the Parliament, but adhered when we
were in the loweft Condition : But Lieutenant-Co-
lonel Lilburne, being young and hot, wrote a Let-
ter to Judge Reeves, wherein he expreffed himfelf
in acrimonious Language, which had better been
forborne ; and, in a fatyrical Way, (hewed how he
was hardly dealt withal both by him and the Earl
of Manchefter; and fpake Truth in fharp Language,
viz. That the "Judges took inany extraordinary Fees
which they cmld not jttftify by Law ; that the Proceed-
ings in their Courts were fo irregular •, that no Man
knew where to find them ; and that the Earl of Man-
chefter had d>.lc]tidhim 'Jujlicc^ c?V.

' Hereupon.

^/ENGLAND. 351

* Hereupon he was convened before the Lords. •*»• **£**' *'
The Earl of Manchejler, being Speaker of the . * * ' ^
Houfe of Peers pro Tempcre, afked Lieutenant- jujy»
Colonel Lilburne^ Whether he did not deliver to

Judge Reeves fuch a fcandalous Paper ? Lieutenant-
Colonel Lilburne anfwered, That his Lordfhip was
Judge and Party in his own Caufe ; that he was in
England and not in Spain \ and the Quaere put un-^
to him was like the Oath** Officio^ which Proceed-
ings they themfelves had condemned as tyrannical
and unjuft, a little before in his own Cafe : That
by Law no Man ought to be afked fuch an enfnar-
ing Queftion, whereby he might condemn liimfelf;
that if he had offended, the Law was open ; and
therefore he appealed to the Houfe of Commons, as
his competent Judges, being his Peers and Equals j
and then delivered his Proteft againft their Jurifdic-
tion : Whereupon he was commanded to withdraw^
and committed to Prifon for fo Protefling.

* Not long after he was fent for a fecond Time
before the Lords, and commanded to kneel, which
he abfolutely refufed, as a Subjection to their Ju-
rifdiclion ; fo they remanded him to Prifon to be
kept clofe, not fufferfng Wife, Child, or any other
Friend to come to him for the Space of three
Weeks ; nor allowing him to enjoy the Benefit of
Pen, Ink, or Paper.

' After three Weeks Imprifonment, he was again
forced before the Lords, into whofe Houfe he went
with his Hat on his Head ; and, being there, re-
fufed to hear his Charge read : This was raflily
done j but you know, Mr. Speaker, what Solomon
faith, OppreJJton will make a -wife Man mad. Af-
ter Lieutenant-Colonel Lilburne had made this one
Fault, (for I conceive he had committed none fee-
fore, but that the Injuftke refted upon the Lords)
he was fined 4000 /. for his Contempt, and feven
Years Imprifonment. Upon the whole Matter t
befeech you judge in Point of Law and Equity,
Whether this was not like a Council -Table or S tar-
Chamber Sentence ? And I pray obferve likrwife
the Warrant, which the Judges contefied was il-
legal,

352 The Parliamentary H i s T o R r

An. 24 Car. I. legal, when Lieutenant-Colonel Lilburne pleaded

l648> upon his Habeas Corpus.

~~ juvlv> * I (hall acquaint you with fome Precedents,

where you have relieved Commoners committed
by the Lords, and fined in this Parliament, in the
like Cafe. Col. King having a Difference with the
Lord Wilioughby of Parkam, the Lords took upon
them to hear the Caufe againft Col. King's Will ;
they fined him 500 /. and committed him to the
Fleet. Col. King appealed to the Houfe of Com-
mons, and fhewed that the Lords had no Jurii"-
di&ion over him ; and fo he was releafed by the
Houfe of Commons, and the Fine difcharged.

' Capt. Maffey^ under the Command of Col.
Manwarjng, being one of the Guards who had
opened the Commiffioners of Scotland's Packets, be-
ing for the fame committed to the Fleet , the Houfe
of Commons releafed him; and inclined to have re-
warded him. The Cafe was the fame with this,
and the like Proceedings, as to Mr. William Lar-
nery Bookfellsr, his Brother, and his Maid.

' But that which is moft obfervable is, that Mr.
Richard Overto-n^ who affronted the Lords more
than Lieutenant-Colonel Lilburne^ by protefting to
their Faces againft them, at his firft coming before
them ; and afterwards appealed to the Houfe of
Commons, and all the Commons of England^ and
particularly to the General and whole Army ; yet
notwithftanding, the Lords approved of his Pro-
teftation, by their releafing him out of Prifon, with-
out ftooping to them : But Lieutenant-Colonel
L^lburne hath lain two Years, and above, in Prifon ;
and all his Eftate kept from him, to the Hazard of.
ftarving him, his Wife, and Children.

' Mr. Speaker : You have formerly heard the Re-
port at large made by Mr. Maynard-, and there-
upon you gave him his Liberty to follow his Af-
fairs, though you did not abfolutely determine the
Bufinefs : But fuch is his Misfortune, thathe is fince
committed by a Warrant of this Houfe, upon the
ftngle Information of one Mr. Majierfon^ a Mini-
fter, who was not fworn : And truly, Mr, Speaker,,

I con-

of ENGLAND.

I Conceive it one of his greateft Sins and Errors An
that he hath committed, via. His idolizing this
Houfe j for he believes that you are the Supreme
Authority, and the Chief Judicatory, in reprefertt-
ing the People^ from whom all Power is derived ;
according to that Maxim, ^uicquid efficit tale$ ejl
magis tale : But I have {hewed him the contrary >
as you may find it in the firft of Henry the IVth,
Mem. 14. N°. 79, where the Commons made their
Proteftation, That they had no Jurifdiftion birt in
making of Laws, and Money Matters, as granting Sub"
Jidies, &c (£). And truly I conceive it not honour-
able nor juft, that we, that are Legiflators^ (hould
be Adminiftrators or Executioners of Juftice ; but
to leaVe thefe petty Things to the Conftables, Juf-
tices, and Judges, whom we may call to Queftion,
and punifh if there be Occaiion.

' Mr. Speaker : I dare not fpeak againft your
Warrant for what is paft ; but I pray obferve, it is
a Prifon Door with two Locks and Bolts upon it ;
fo that it is impoffible the Prifoner fhould ever get
out, but die in Prifon.

' Lieutenant- Colonel Lilburne is committed in
order to his Trial at Law, and yet is debarred all
Law ; for, upon his Pleading, when he had brought
his Habeas Carpus, the Judges confefled the War-
rant to be illegal, and yet they durft not releafe
him : Secondly, The Caufe is general, which is
nothing in Law^ viz. For treasonable and f editions
Practices, &c. But Sir Edward Coke tells us the
particular Treafon is to be exprefled ; and that
which is worft of all, the W^ord of God doth not
warrant it : For Fejlus, the Pagan and corrupt
Judge, who expe&ed a Bribe from poor Paul,
would not fend him to Ctefar without fpecifying
the Caufe in his Mittimus,

* It is not in the Power of Parliaments to make
a Law againft the Law of God, Nature, or necef-
fary Reafon ; and it was the chief Caufe why Emp~
fen and Dudley, thole Favourites and Privy Ccun-
fellors to Henry the VHth. were beheaded > as it

VOL. XVII. Z appears

(4) In our Second Volume, p, 52.

354 2& Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. appears in the Indi&ment, which you may read in
t_ l648- the Fourth Injlitute^ under the Chapter, Court of
rjj Wards^ for fubverting the Fundamental Laws of

the Land : They had an Aft of Parliament for
their Indemnity* as 1 1 Henry the Vllth. wherein
the Judges were authorized to proceed by Informa-
tion, whereas by Law it fhould have been by In-
diftment} and they were to judge by Difcretioiij
which was contrary to Law, for it ought to have
been by Juries of twelve Men.

* I befeech you, for the Time to come, that we
commit none but our own Members ; and that we
avoid thefe old Council-Table Warrants, which
run in Generals, during Pleafure ; which was the
Caufe of that excellent Law, got with fo much
Difficulty, called The Petition of Right : That/or
abolijhing the Star-Chamber ', and regulating the Coun-
cil-'Table) is not inferior to it.

' I pray let us remember, and apply it to our-
felves, how dangerous and fatal it hath ever been
for Kings to extend and ftretch their Prerogatives
above> and beyond, Law ; for the fame Fate be-
fel the Council-Table, Star-Chamber, and High
Commiflion. I pray let us keep ourfelves within
our Sphere, and not make our Privileges^ Entia
tranfcendentia^ which are not to be found in any
Predicament of Law.

' As touching Generals, I pray remember what
you yourfelves declared, in Anfwer to the King,
in the Cafe of the Lord Kimbolton and the five
Members accufed ; and Alderman Penningtott^ Al-
derman Foulky Col. Ven^ and Col. Man-waring^
viz. That it is again/I the Rules of 'Juftice that any
Man foould be imprisoned upon a general Charge^
•when no particulars are proved again/I him (^).

* But leaving that, I fhall acquaint you what
this brave invincible Spirit hath fuffered and done
for you : He was profecuted by the Bifllops ; and
five hundred Stripes with knotted Cords, fron the
Fleet to Weftminfter ; there he was pillored and
gagged j lay long in a nafty clofe Prifon in Irors,

without

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of E N G L A N D. 355

Without Pen, Ink, or Paper, or any Company: An. 24 Car.
Alas ! I cannot remember half his Sufferings. All l648'
this was in his Youth, when but about twenty Years ^ July!
'of Age; from which murdering Imprifonment this
Parliament fet him free, with Dr. Baftwick^ &c.

* Shortly after he was queftioned for his Life
at the Lords Bar, for afferting the Privileges of
Parliaments, and was accufed, by a fmgle Wit-
nefs, of Treafon ; but he was cleared by other
Witnefles, and difcharged by the Lords. When
the Parliament was about to be forced, he fought
with the Cavaliers, and brought many Friends to
aflift in the Court of Requefts. He was one of
the firft that took up Arms, and behaved himfelf
bravely at Keiritun, where he kept the Field all
Night. Afterwards, he fought ftoutly at Brent-
fordy but was taken Prifoner ; ufed cruelly, got a
peftilential Fever in the Caftle of Oxford, and was
arraigned for his Life before Sir Robert Heath and
Sir Thomas Gardiner: There he aflerted the Parlia-
ment's Caufe, haVihg the Obfervator without Book ;
and fpake more for us than many of us are able to
fpeak for ourfelves. He relieved with JVloneVj and
held up the Spirits of his Fellow-Prifoners. He
tefifted ftrong Temptations from feveral Lords,
Who offered him great Preferment. He was an
eminent A6lor in that famous Battle in Marjlon-
Moor ; took in Tickhill Caftle with only four
Troops of Dragoons; and, for his Pains, had like

to have been hanged. You muft pardon me for

injuring him, for I am not able to remember half
his Services to the Public.

* ' For all his Sufferings and Actings for you, I
befeech you,

Firjly * Take off the Mark of your own Dif-
pleafure, which wounds him to the Heart.

Secondly, ' Difcharge him from the Lords Im-
prifonment,

Laftly, * Pay him his Arrears ; and ' pafs the

Order into an Ordinance for 2ocO/. out of the

Eftates of thofe which gave that wicked,. cruel,

Woody, and tyrannical Judgment againft him n the

Z 2 Star'

The Parliamentary HISTORY

•Star-Chamber. Thefe are your own Expreflions

^ in your Vote of May 5, 1641.

Auguft. ' Mr. Speaker, I have forgot one material Thing,

which is this : You have allowed Lieutenant-Co-
lonel Lilburne 40 s. a Week, but he hath not re-
ceived one Penny ; neither is he in any Hope of it,
for he cannot flatter, or comply ; befides this fup-
pofed Gift of yours hath almoft ftarved him, for
his Friends in the Country, thinking he had receiv-
ed it, have thereupon withdrawn their Benevo-
lence ; and he and his Family are thereby expofed
to Want and Mifery.'

On the firft of Auguft this Argument of Sir John
Maynard, in favour of Col. Lilburne, was followed
by a Petition figned by a great Number of eminent
Citizens, and prefented to the Commons (d) : But
this we omit, all the Allegations thereof being com-
prifed in the foregoing Speech ; obferving only that
after the Petitioners were withdrawn, the Houfe
patted the following Refolutions :

1. « That the Order of Reftraint of Lieutenant-
Colonel Lilburne, be taken off and difcharged.

2. * That a Meflage be fent to the Lords, ex-
prefsly to recommend him, and to defire them to
take ofF their Hand of Reftraint from him.

3. ' That it be referred to a Committee to
confider how he may have Satisfaction and Allow-
ance for his Sufferings, as was formerly intended
to him by this Houfe.

4. ' That it be recommitted to the Committee
of Accounts to ftate and audit his Accounts. And

5. ' That a Conference be defired with the
Lords for his Enlargement.'

Inconfequenceof Thefe Refolutions of the Commons were car-

jjj,0^* ~ riedupthe next Day to the Lords ; whereupon

they immediately made an Order for his Difcharge,

and for taking off the Fine and ^Sentence impofed

upon him by their Lordfhips.

Aug.

(d) This Petition, faid to be fubfcribed by near 10,000 Hands, is
annexed to the foregoing Speech 5 as are alfo the Refolutions of both
Houfes in Col. Lilburnfi Favour.

^ENGLAND. 357

'Jlug. 2. The Lords fent a MefTage to the Com- An' *6*gCar' K
mons, fignifying, That they had nominated the . * * ' ,
Earl of Middlefex, and defiring the other Houfe Auguft.
to add two of their Members; to wait on his Ma-
jefty, as a Committee from both Houfes, with all A committee of

convenient Speed, to acquaint him with their Re- both "oufes aP'
r . . r» /• i T« T«L • pointed to wait

lolutions concerning a rerfonal 1 reaty. 1 his upon tjie Kingi

Meflage being taken into Confideration by the with their Votes
Commons, they proceeded to nominate two Mem- ^^ PerfoBal
bers of their Houfe to be Commiflkmers to wait on
the King. Mr. Bitlkley was propofed and agreed
upon for one, without Oppofition. The Prefby-
terian Party having named Mr. Povcy to be the fe-
cond, the Independents propofed Sir James Har-
rington^ who had formerly been a Servant of the
Crown ; but he was excepted againft by Sir Har-
bottle Grim/Ion, who faid, He was lorry it fhould
be his Lot to fpeak againft any Member of the
tfoufe in particular ; but that he conceived Sir
James Harrington a very unfit Man to prefent a
Meflage to the King, becaufe he did remember,
and his Majefty was fince informed, That when a
Motion was made heretofore, in the Houfe, for an
Impeachment to be drawn up againft the King, he
was the only Man that did fecond it ; and cqnfe-
quently could be no welcome Meflenger to his
Majefty : He therefore defired the Houfe to pitch
upon fome other. This was zealoufly oppofed by
Mr. Curdon, who faid, It was malicioufly done
to except againft any Man for delivering of his
Confcience, which was no juft Ground of Excep-
tion : To this it was anfwered, That the Ex-
ception agsunft Sir James Harrington was agreeable
to former Proceedings in the Houfe ; as an Inftance'
of which, when a Motion was made, fome Time
ago, for fending Mr. Natbanael Fiennes as one of
the Commiffioners into Scotland, it was over-ruled,
becaufe that Gentleman was the Penman of a De-
claration againft the Scots. But it being replied,
That the Houfe was not to regard the fending to
the King fuch Men as were acceptable to him,
becaufe he was in the Condition of an Enemy ;
Z 3 'to

3.58 7be Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24 Car. I. to this it was fmartly returned, That the Parliar
rrient had not yet declared the lying an Enemy^
therefore it was not fit for any particular Peribn tq
do fo ; and that the Parliament could not declare
the King an Enemy, becaufe they had taken a
Covenant to maintain his Honour and defend his
Perfon.'

At length, to put an End to the Difpute, Sir
James Harrington and Mr. Povey were both laid
slide j and Sir John Hippejley was appointed to join
with Mr. Bulkley and the Earl of Middlefix, in this
EmbaiTy from both Houfes to the King.

The next Day, Aug. 3, the Commons fent up
a Copy of Inftructions which they had paffed, for
the Commiffioners who were to go to the King ;
which the Lords, on Perufal, agreed to.

INSTRUCTIONS from both Houfes of Parliament for
JAMES Earl of MIDDLESEX, Sir JOHN HIP-
PESLEY, Knt. and JOHN BULKLEY, Efq, Com-
mijjioners of Parliament.

!• ' \7 O ^, or anY two °^ 7OU> w^ere°f one *O
' Y be a Lord, {hall, with all Speed, repair
' unto his Majefty at the Caftle of Carijbrook in
< the Ifle of Wight.

II. < You fhall prefent unto his Majefty the Re-
' folutions of both Houfes concerning a Perfonal
' Treaty to be had with him in that Ifland.

III. * Todefire his Majefty's fpeedy Anfwer to

* the faid Reiblutions.

IV. ' To acquaint him that you had only ten

* Days allotted for Going, Stay, and Return.

V. ' That in cafe his Majefly defires to fee the
f Propofitions that were prcfented him at Hampton-

* Court, to give him a Copy thereof.'

Ordered^ ' That one hundred Pounds be allow-
ed for the Charges of this Expedition.*

An Affair next offers itfelf to our Notice, which,
had it not been defeated by the Intrigues of the In-
dependent

of

E N G L A N D. 359

dependent Party, would, in all Likelihood, have An- *4 car. .*
put an £nd to thefe tedious Debates, between , _ _^
the two Houfes, concerning a Perfonal Treaty; Auguft.
prevented the Deftruction of the King, the Subver-
fion of the Conftitution, and all the Confufions
that followed thereupon : For,

On the 3d of this Month Major Huntingtony of
lieutenant-General Cromwell's own Regiment, whq
had lately refigned his Poft in the Army, prefented Major Hunting^
to the Houfe of Lords a Narrative of his Reafons to" prefents to
for fo doing ; in which he charged Cromwell with £^a°c5;a°feof
carrying on a private Negotiation with the King, High Treafon"-
under Pretence of reftoring him to his Rights, but, Eainft Lieutenant
in fa<a, defigning to deftroy his Majefty and the J;!ee£ral Crolp-
whole Royal Family, and to overturn both Houfes
of Parliament, in order to his own Advancement.

The Lords received this Narrative very favour-
ably, and ordered it a Reading in their Houfe,
The Major had alfo endeavoured to lay it before
the Commons, but could not prevail upon any
Member to prefent it : Not difcouraged at this, he
fent it inclofed to the Speaker himfelf ; who not
communicating it to the Houfe as defired, he ten-
dered it to Mr. Birkkead, the Serjeant at Arms,
who alfo refufed to meddle with it : However, fome
Days after, the Lords fent down the Narrative to But not b •
the Commons ; but the Lord Wharton followed able to get it
the Meflengers into the Lobby, fent for the Ser- Pre<™ted to the
jeant at Arms, and defired him to give Notice to Commons'
the Speaker of what was coming, who contrived
Means to prevent thofe Meflengers from being
called in. -- AH thefe Circumftances fcem to ac-
count for the abfolute Silence af the Commons Jour-
nals upon this Subject,

Mr. tPhitlocke (r) and Mr. Rujhwortb (d) take
Notice of Major Huntingdon's preferring to the
Houfe of Lords his Reafons for leaving the Army,
which the latter ftyles a Narrative of pretended Car-
riages of Lieutenant-General Cromwell ; tho' they
both agree with the Journalifts (e] of the Times,
Z 4 That

(c) Memorials, p. 321. (d) CoHcfiica:, Vol. VlT. p. 1214, uai.
(0 Mtrcuriui Pragmaticus, N« jg. Mcdtratt IntdUgfncer, N° 177.

360 *The Parliamentary HISTORY

An, 24 Car. I. That the Major made Qath before the Lords that
^^ what he had affirmed in this Charge, as of his own
Au ft Knowledge, was true; and what upon Hearfay, he
believed, would be attefted ; whereupon their Lord-
(hips ordered him to attend their Houfe, and grant-
ed him their Prote&ion, — Notwithftanding all th^s
the whole Affair ended in Smoke ; which is thus
accounted for by General Ludlow(g}, who writes,
* That the malevolent Spirit, which now threat-
ened the Parliament from the North, prevailed with
them to difcountenance a Charge of High Trea-
fon framed by Major Huntington^ with the Advice,
of fome Members of both Houfes, againft Lieu-
tenant-General Cromwell^ for endeavouring, by be-
traying the King, Parliament, and Army, to ad-
vance himfelf; it being manifefted that the Prefer-
ing that Accufation at this Time, was principally
defigned to take him off from his Command ; and
thereby to weaken the Army, that their Enemies
might be better enabled to prevail againft them.'
Heeaufi-sittote Major Huntlngton finding, by all thefe Obftruc-
irinted. tions thrown in his Way, that it was impoflible to

prevail upon the Houfe of Commons to admit his
Accufation againft Crormvell^ refolved to appeal to
the People ; and accordingly publimed his Narra-
tive with his Name fubfcribed to it. The Subject
is too interefting to require any Apology for the
Length of it ; and efpecially as none of the Con-
temporaries give us fo much as an Abftraft, though
there were two Editions of it printed on the fame
Day ; both which are in our own Collection of
Pamphlets :

Sundry REASONS inducing Majar Robert Hunting-
ton to lay down iris ComnnJJlon^ humbly presented
to the Honourable Houfis of Parliament.

AVING taken up Arms in Defence of the
Authority and Power of King and Parlia*
mnit, under the Command of the Lord Grey of
H'erke and the Earl of Manclefler^ during their

' feveral

fc) Memeiri, Vok J. p. 253.

of E N G L A N D.

* feveral Employments, with the Forces of the An. 24 Car. I,

* Eaftern Aflbciation ;' and, at the Modelling of

* this Army under the prefent Lord-Genera!, hay-
? ing been appointed, by the Honourable Houfes
' of Parliament, Major to the now Regiment of

* Lieutenant General Cromwell; in each of which
' Employments I have ferved conftandy and faith-

* fully, anfwerable to the Truft repofed in me :

* And having lately quit the faid Employment, and

* laid down my Commiffion, I hold myfelf tied,
4 both in Duty and Conference, to render the true
' Reafon thereof, which, in gercral, is briefly this :

* Becaufe the Principles, Defigns, and Actions of
' thofe Officers, which have a great Influence upon

* the Army, are, as I conceive, very repugnant and

* deftruclive to the Honour and Safety of the Par-

* liament and Kingdom, from whom they derive

* their Authority. The Particulars thereof, being
' a Breviate of my fad Obfervations, will appear in
' the following Narrative :

' Firjl^ That upon the Orders of Parliament for

* difbanding this Army, Lieutenant-General Cram-
' ivell and Commiflary-General Ireton were fent
' Commiflioners to Walden^ to reduce the Army

* to their Obedience, yet more efpecially in order

* to the prefent Supply of Forces for the Service

* of Ireland: But they, contrary to the Truft re-
« pofed in them, very much hindered that Service,

* not oply by difcountenancing thofe that were
4 obedient and willing, but alfo by giving Encou-

* ragement to the unwilling and difobedient ; de-
4 claring that there had lately been much Cruelty

* and Injuftice in the Parliament's Proceedings

* againft them, meaning the Army. And Commif*
' fary- General Ireton, in further purfuance thcre-

* of, framed thofe Papers and Writings then fent
' from the Army to the Parliament and Kingdom ;

* faying alfo to the Agitators, That it was lawful

* and fit for us to deny Difbanding, till we had re-

* ceived equal and juft Satisfaction for ourpaft Ser-

* vice: Lieutenant-General Cromwell further add-

* ing, That we were in a double Capacity, as Sol-

' diers

362. The Parliamentary HISTORY

diers and as Commoners, and having our Pay as
Soldiers, we had fornething elfe to ftand upon
as Commoners. And when, upon the Rendez-
vous at Triploe-Heath, the Comm iffioners of Par-
liament, according to their Orders, acquainted
every Regiment with what the Parliament had
already done, and would further do, in order to
the Defires of the Army ; the Soldiery being be-
fore prepared, and notwithstanding any Thing
that could be faid or offered by the Commiffion-
ers, ftill cried out for Ju/lice, Jujiice.
* And for the effecting of their further Purpofes,
Advice was given by Lieutenant-General Crom-
well and Commiflary-General Irston, to remove
the King's Perfon from Holdenby, or to fecuje
him there by other Guards than thofe appointed
by the Commiffioners of Parliament : This was
thought moft fit to be carried on by the private
Soldiery of the Army, and promoted by the Agi-
tators of each Regiment; whofe firft Bufmefs
was to fecure the Garrifon of Oxford, with the
Guns and Ammunition there, and from thence to
march to Holdenby, in profecution of the former
Advice, which was accordingly acted by Cornet
Joyce ; who, when he had done the Bufmefs,
fent a Letter to the General then at Keinton, ac^
quainting his Excellency that the King was on
his march towards Newmarket. The General
being troubled thereat, told Commiflary-General
Ireton that he did not like it ; demanding, with-
all, who gave thofe Orders. He replied, That
he gave Orders only for fecuring the King there,
and not for taking him away from thence. Lieu-
tenant-General Cromwell, coming then from
London, faid, That if this had not been done,
the King would have been fetched away by Or-
der of Parliament; or elfe Colonel Graves, by the
Advice of the Commiffioners, would have car-
ried him to London, throwing themfelves upon
the Favour of Parliament for that Service. The
fame Day Cornet Joyce being told that the Ge-
neral was difpleafed with him for bringing the

' Kins

0f ENGLAND. 363

* King from Holdenby ; he anfwered, That Lieute- An. 24 Car. I,
*. nant-General Cromwell gave him Orders at London

* to do what he had done, both there and at Oxford.

' The Perfon of the King being now in the

* Power of the Army, the Bufinefs of Lieutenant-
? General Cromwell was to court his Majefty, both
t by Members of the Army, and feveral Gentle-
' men formerly in the King's Service, into a good

* Opinion and Belief of the Proceedings of the

* Army, as alfo into a Diflatisfa&ion and Diflike
' of the Proceedings of the Parliament ; pretending

* to fhew that his Majefty 's Intereft would far better

* fuit with the Principles of Indepedency than of
$ Prefbytery : And when the King did alledge, as

* many Times he did, that the Power of Parlia-

* ment was the Power by which we fought, Lieu-
*. tenant-General Cromwell would reply, That we

* were not only Soldiers but Commoners ; promif-
' ing that the Army would be for the King in the

* Settlement of his whole Bufinefs, if the King and

* his Party would fit ftill, and not declare, nor aft,

* againft the Army, but give them Leave only to
< manage the prefent Bufinefs in Hand.

' That when the King was at Newmarket^ the

* Parliament thought fit to fend to his Majefty,
' humbly defiring that, in order to his Safety,- and
« their Addreflcs forafpeedy Settlement, he would

* be pleafed to come to R.icbmond : But, contrary

* hereunto, a Refolution was taken by the aforefai3
4 Officers of the Army, that if the King could not
? be diverted by Perfuafion, (to which his Majefty
6 was very oppofite) that then they would ftop him
^ by Force at Roy/Ion^ where his Majefty was to

* lodge the firft Night ; keeping accordingly con-
< tinual Guards upon him, againft any Power that
e {hould be fent by Order of Parliament to take
' him from us. And to this Purpofe Out-guards
' were alfo kept to prevent his Efcape from us,

* with the Commiffioners, of whom we had fpe-
« cial Orders given to be careful ; for that they
' did daily fhew a Diflike to the prefent Proceed-

* ings of the Army againft the Parliament, and

fc that

364 *The Parliamentary HISTORY

?4 Car> *• e that the King was moft converfant and privar®
in Difcourfe with them : His Majefty faying;*
That if any Man Jhould hinder his Going, now hi*
JHoufit bad defired him upon bis late MeJJage of the
I2tb of May 1647, it Jhould be done by Force, and
ly laying hold of bis Bridle ; which, if any Man
ivere.j.o bqld to do, he would endeavour to make it
bis la/1 ; But, contrary to his Majefty 's Expec-
tation, the next Morning, when the King and
the Officers of the Army were putting this to an
IfTue, came the Votes of both Houfes to the
King, of their Compliance with that which the
Army formerly deftred. After this his Majefty
did incline to hearken to the Defires of the Ar-
my, and not before : Whereupon, at Caverjham,
the King was continually follicited, by MefTen-
gers from Lieutenant-General Cromwell and
Commiflary-General Iretan, proffering any thing
his Majefty (hould deftre, as Revenues, Chap-
lains, Wife, Children, Servants of his own,
Vifitation of Friends, Accefs of Letters ; and
(by Commiflary-General Irtfon) that his Nega-
tive Voice fhould not be meddled withall ; and
that he had convinced thofe that reafoned againft
it at the General Council of the Army : And
all this they would do, that his Majefty might
the better lee into all our Adtions, and know our
Principles, which lead us to give him alj thofe
Things out of Conference ; for that we were
not a People hating his ^tajefty's Perfou or Mo-
narchical Government j 'but that we liked it as
the beft, and that by this King : Saying alfo-,
That they did hold it a very unreafonable Thing
for the Parliament to abridge him of them ; often
promifing, that if his Majefty would fit ftill and
not aft againft them, they would, in the firft
Place, reftore him to all thefe ; and, upon the
Settlement of our own juft Rights and Liberties-,
make him the moft glorious Prince in Chri/lm-
dam : That to this Purpoie they were making fe-
veral Propofals for a Settlement, to be offered

of £ N G L A N D. 365

* down to the Army, which mould be as Bounds for An. 24 c». t.
4 our Party as to the King's Bufmefs ; and that his

4 Majefty mould be at Liberty to get as much of

* thofe abated as he could, for that many Thing*-
4 therein were propofed only to give Satisfaction to
4 others which were our Friends ; promifing the

* King, that at the fame Time the Commiflioners

* of Parliament mould fee the Propofals, and his
' Majefty mould have a Copy of them alfo ; pre-

* tending to carry a very equal Hand between King
4 and Parliament, in order to the Settlement of

* the Kingdom by him ; which, befides their own
4 Judgment and Confcience, they did fee a Necef-
4 fity of as to the People : Commiflary-General
' Ireton further faying, That what was offered in

* thefe Propofals mould be fo juft and reafonablc,

* that if there were but fix Men in the Kingdom
4 that would fight to make them good, he would

* make the feventh againft any Power that fhould
4 oppofe them.

4 The Head-Quarters being removed from Read-
4 ing to Bedford^ and his Majefty to Woborne, the
4 Propofals were given to me by Commiflary-Gene-

* ral Ireton to prefent to the King; which his Ma-
4 jefty having read, told me, He would never treat

* with the Parliament or Army upon thofe Propo-
4 fals, as he was then minded : But the next Day,

* his Majefty underftanding that a Force was put

* upon the Houfes of Parliament by a Tumult,

* fent for me again, and faid to me, Go along with
4 Sir John Berkeley to the General and Lieutenant*
4 General ; and tell them that^ to avoid a new fflar^
4 / will now treat with them upon their Propcfals^
4 or any thing elfe, in order to a Peace ; only let me
4 be faved in Honour and Conjdcnce. Sir John
4 Berkeley falling fick by the Way, I delivered this
4 Mcifage to the Lieutenant-General and Com-

* miiTiuy-Gcneral Ireton, who advifed me not to

* acquaint the General with it, till ten or twelve

* Officers of the Army were met together at the
4 General's Quarters ; and then they would bethink.

366 ¥he Parliamentary H I s t o k V

about it ; and accordingly Commiflary-Geriera^
Ireton, Col. Rainfborough, Col. Hammond, and
Col. Rich attended the King at Woborne for thre£
Hours together, debating the whole Bufmefi
with the King upon the Propofals ; upon which
Debate many of the moft material Things th6
King difliked were afterwards ftruck out, and
many other Things much abated by Promifes ;
whereupon his Majefty was pretty well fatisfied.
e Within a Day or two after his Majefty remov-
ed to Stoke, and there calling for me, told me;
He feared an Engagement between the City and
the Army ; faying, He had not Time to' write
any thing under his Hand, but would fend it t6
the General after me ; commanding me to tell
Gommiflary-General Ireton, with whom he had
formerly treated upon the Propofals, That he
Would wholly throw himfelf upon us, and truft
Us for a Settlement of the Kingdom as we had
promifed ; faying, If we proved honcft Men, w6
fhould, without Queftion, make the Kingdom
happy, and fave much fhedding of Blood. This
Jvteflage from his Majefty I delivered to Com-
miflary-General Ireton at Cclcb'r'ook, who feemed
to receive it with Joy ; faying^ That we mould
be the verieft Knaves that ever lived, if in ever^
thing we made not good what we had promifed ;
becaufe the King, by his not declaring againft
uSj had given us great Advantage againft our
Adverfaries.

* After our marching through London with th&
Army^ his Majefty being at Hampton- Court,
Lieutenant -General Cromwell and Commiflary-
General Ireton, fent the King Word feveral
Times, That the Reafon why they made no more
Hafte in the Bufmefs, was becaufe that Party
which did then fit in the Houfe while Pelham was
Speaker, did much obftrudl the Bufmefs, fo that
they could not carry it on at prefent : The Lieu-
tenant-General often faying, Really they fhould
be pulled out by the Ears ; and, to that 'Purpofc,
caufed a Regiment of Horfe to rcade/vous a't
4 * Hyde-

&/ £ K G L A N 0. 367

Hyde-Park to have put that in Execution, as he A
himfelf exprefled, had it not been carried by Vote
in the Houfe that Day as he defired. The Day
before the Parliament voted, once more, the fend-
ing of Proportions of both Kingdoms to the
King by the Commiflioners of each Kingdom at
Hanipton-Court, Commiflary-General Ireton bade
me tell the King, That fuch a Thing was to
be done To-morrow in the Houfe ; but his Ma-
jefty need not be troubled at it, for that they in-
tended it to no other End, but to make good
fome Promifes of the Parliament, which the
Scots Nation expelled Performance of: And that
it was not expected, or defired, his Majefty fhould
either fign them or treat upon them ; for which
there (hould be no Advantage taken againft the
King. Upon the Delivery of which Meflage
jiis Majefty replied, That he knew not what
Anfwer to give to pleafe all without a Treaty.
' Next Day after this Vote patted, the Lieu tenant-
General afking me thereupon, If the King did
not wonder at thefe Votes ? I told him, No ; for
that Commiffary-General Ireton had fent a Mef-
fage by me, the Day before the Vote pafled,
to fignify the Reafon of it. The Lieutenant-
General replied, That really it was the Truth j
and that we, fpeaking of the Parliament, intend-
ed nothing elfe by it but to fatisfy the Scots, who
otherwife might be troublefome. And the Lieu-
tenant-General and Commiflary-General enquir-
ing after his Majefty's Anfwer to the Propo-
fitions, and what it would be, it was (hewed
them both privately in a Garden-houfe in Put-
nty, and, in fome Part, amended to their own
Mind. But, before this, the King doubting
what Anfwer to give, fent me to Lieutenant-
General Cromwell^ as unfatisfied with the Pro-
ceedings of the Army, fearing they intended not
to make good what they had promifed ; and the
rather becaufe his Majefty underftood that Lieu-
' tenant -General Cronnuell and Commiffary-Ge-
neral Ireton agreed with the reft of the Houfe in

' fome

368 *rhe Parliamentary HIST OR r

An. 04 Car. I. « fome late Votes that oppofed the Propofals of the

^ l64*;. c Army : They feverally replied, That they would

Auruft. ' not nave n's Majefty miftruft them, for that fince

' the Houfe would go fo high, they only concur-

c red with them, that their Unreafonablenefs might

* the better appear to the Kingdom : And the

* Lieutenant-General bade me further aflure the

* King, That if the Army remained an Army, his

* Majefty fhould truft the Propofals, with what was

* promifed, to be the worft of his Conditions which
e fhould be made for him ; and then ftriking his
c Hand on his Breaft, in his Chamber at Putney^

< bade me tell the King, He might reft confident
6 and allured of it : And many Times the fame
e Meflage hath been fent to the King from them

* both ; but with this Addition from Commiflary-
c General Ireton^ that they would purge and purge,
c and never leave purging, the Houfes, till they had
e made them of fuch a Temper as fhould do his

< Majefty's Bufmefs : And rather that they fhould
' fall fhort of what was promifed, he would join
' with French^ Spaniard^ Cavalier^ or any that
' would join with him, to force them to it. Upon

* Delivery of which Meflage the King made An-
c fvver, That, if they did fo, they would do more

* than he durft do.

* After this the Delay of the Settlement of the

* Kingdom was excufed, upon the Commotions of

* Col. Martin and Col. Rainjborough^ with their

* Adherents ; the Lieutenant-General faying, That
4 fpeedy Courfe muft be taken for outing them the
' Houfe and Army, becaufe they were now putting

* the Army into a Mutiny, by having a Hand in

* publifhing feveral printed Papers, calling them-

* felves the Agents of five Regiments, and in the

* Agreement of the People, ahho' feme Men had
4 Encouragement from Lieutenant-General Crom-

* well for the Profecution of thofe Papers ; and he

* being further prefled to flievv himfelf in it, de-

* fired to be excufed for the prefcnt, for that he
c might fhew himfelf hereafter for their better Ad-
' vantage ; though, in ?he Company of thofe Men.

* which

vf E N G L AN D. 369

which were of different Judgments, he would of- An. 44 Car.
ten fay, That thefe People were a giddy-headed I"{
Party, and that there was no Truft nor Truth in
them ; and to that Purpofe wrote a Letter to
Col. Whaley the Day the King wertt from Hamp-
toti-Court) intirhating doubtfully that His Majef-
ty's Perfon was in Danger by them, arid that he
fhould keep Out-guards to prevent them ; which
Letter was prefently (hewed to the King by Co-
lonel m&iq.

* That about fix Days after, when it was fully-
known by the Parliament and Army that the King
was in the Ifle of flight, CommilTary-General
Ireton (landing by the Fire-fide in his Quarters
at Kingjioh, and fome fpeaking of an Agreement
likely to be made between the King and Parlia-
ment, now the Perfon of the King was out of the
Power of the Army, Commiffary- General Irg-
ton replied, with a difcontentcd Countenance, He
hoped it would be fuch a Peace as we might,
with a good Confcience;, fight againft them both.
4 Thus they who, at the firft taking the King from
Hsldcnby into the Power of the Army, cried down
Prcfbytcrian Government, the Proceedings of this
prefent Parliament and their Perpetuity; and in-
ftead thereof held forth an earneft Inclination to
a moderate Epifcopacy, with a new Election of
Members to fit in Parliament for the fpeedy fet-
tling of the Kingdom ; and afterwards, when the
Eleven Members had left the Houfe, and march-
ed through London with the Army, the feven
Lords impeached, the four Aldermen of London
committed to the Tower, and other Ciazens com-
mitted alfo, then again cried up Prefbyterian
Government, and the Perpetuity of the prefent
Parliament ; Lieutenant-General CrsmivIIplezC-
ing himfelf with the great Sums of Money which
were in Arrear from each County to the Army^
and the Tax of 6c,oco/. a-mc-nth for ourMaiu-
tenance : Now, faith he, we may be, for ouoht
I know, an Army fo long as we live. And iince
the fending forth the Orders of Parliament -for
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The Parliamentary HISTORY

the calling their Members together, Lieutenant-
General Cromwell perceiving the Houfes will not
anfwer his Expectation, he is now again utter-

* ing Wordsj perfuading the Hearers to a Prejudice
' againft the Proceedings of Parliament} again cry-

* ing down Prefbyterian Government, fetting up a
« fmgle Intereft, which he calls an honeft Intereft,
« and that we have done ill in forfaking it. To
' this Purpofe it was lately thought fit to put the

* Army upon chufing new Agitators, and to draw
« forth of the Houfes of Parliament 60 or 70 of the

* Members thereof; much agreeing with his

< Words he fpake formerly in his Chamber at

* Kingjlon, faying, What Sway Stapylton and

* Holies had heretofore in the Kingdom, and he

* knew nothing to the contrary but that he was
4 as well able to govern the Kingdom as either of
« them : So that in all his Difcourfe nothing more

* appeareth than his feeking after the Government

* of King, Parliament, City, and Kingdom; forthe

* effecting whereof he thought it necefTary, and

* delivereth it as his Judgment, that a confiderable

* Party of the chief Citizens of London, and fome

* of every County, be clapt up in Caftles and Gar-

* rifons, for the more quiet and fubmifftve Carriage

< of every Place to which they belong. Further

* faying, That from the raifing of the late Tumult

* in London, there fhould be an Occafion taken ttf

* hang the Recorder and Aldermen of London, then

* in the Tower^ that the City might fee the more

* they did ftir in Oppofition, the more they ftiould
' i'uffer ; adding, That the City muft firft be made
^ an Example.

' And fmce Lieutenant-General Crofaivell was
c fcnt down from the Parliament for the reducing

* of the Army to their Obedience, he hath moil

* frequently, in public and private, delivered thefe
1 enfuing Heads, as his Principles, from whence

* all the foregoing; Particulars have enfued ; bdng;
' fully confirmed, as I humbly conceive, by his

* Practice ia the Tranfa&ion of his laft Year's
« Bafinefs.:

I, « Thai

^ENGLAND. 371

1. c TJyat every fingle Man. is Judge of Juji and An. 24 Car. I.
« Right, as to the Good and III of a Kingdom. . l6*8' ..

2. ' That the Inter ejl of honejl Men is the Inter ejl jJiy.
of the Kingdom. And thofe only are deemed ho-

neft Men by him, that are conformable to his
Judgment and Practice ; which may appear in
many Particulars. To inftance but one, in the
Choice of Col. Rainflorough to be Vice-Admi-
ral ; Lieutenant-General Cromwell being afked
How he could trull a Man whofe Intereft was fo
directly oppofite to what he had profefled, and
one whom he had lately aimed to remove from all
Places of Truft ? he anfwered, That he had
now received particular Aflu ranee from Colonel
Rain/borough, as great as could be given by Man,
that he would be conformable to the Judgment
and Direction of himfelf and Commiflary -Ge-
neral Ireton^ for the managing of the whole Bu-
fmefs at Sea,

3. c That it is lawful to pafs through any Forms of
Government fcr the accompliflring of his End ; and
therefore either to purge the Houfes, and fupport -the
remaining Party by Force everlajiingly^ or to put a
Period to them by Force^ is very lawful and fuitable
to the Inter ejl of honejl Men.

4. * That it is lawful to play the Knave with a
Knave.

' Thefe Gentlemen aforefaid in the Army thus
principled, and, as by many other Circumftances
may appear, acting accordingly, give too much
Caufe to believe that the Succefs which may Be
obtained by the Army, except timely prevented
bv the Wifdom of the Parliament, will be made
t)fe of to the deftroying of all that Power for
which we firft engaged : And I having, for above
thefe twelve Months paft, fadly and with much
Reluctancy obferved the feveral Paflages afore-
faid ; yet with fome Hopes that at length there
might be a Returning to the Obedience of
Parliament ; but contrary hereunto, knowing that
Rcfolutions were taken upr That in cafe the
A a 2 * Power

372

Auguft.

The Commons

Army t
primed.

T^ Parliamentary HISTORY

Power of Parliament cannot be gained to coun-
tenance their Defigns, then to proceed without
it : I therefore chofe to quit myfelf of my Com-
mand, wherein I have ferved the Parliament for
thefe five Years laft paft, and put myfelf upon
the greateft Hazards by difcovering thefe Truths,
rather than, by Hopes of Gain with a troubled
Mind, continue an Affiftant or Abetter of fuch
as give Affronts to the Parliament and Kingdom,
by abufing of their Power and Authority, to
carry on their particular Defigns ; againft whom,
in the Midft of Danger, I (hall ever avow the
Truth of this Narrative, and myfelf to be a
conftant, faithful, and obedient Servant to the
Parliament of England.

Augufl 2, 164,8.

RO. HUNTINGTON.

We have before taken Notice, That a Decla^

ration had been prefented to both Houfes, from

the Committee of Eftates of the Parliament of Scot-*

land, fetting forth the Reafons of their Army's

marching into England under the Command of the

Duke of Hamilton j and that the Commons had

thereupon pafled a Vote, declaring that Army,

and all fuch as joined them, to be Traitors ; and

another, with the fame Cenfure, againft all thofe

who had given them Invitation : To both thefe the

Lords refufmg their Concurrence, the Commons

thereupon ordered them to be printed and publifli-*

ed ; and likewife the following Narrative to be fent

to the General Aflembly of the Church of Scotland \

which being a kind of Anfvver to the Declaration

from their Committee of Eftates, demands- a Place

in thefe Inquiries : It was accompanied with a

Letter from the Speaker of the I loufe of Commons-,

addrefled thus : Far the Right Reverend Mr. George

Gillefpy, Moderator of the General Ajjembly- of tht

Church of Scotland at Edinburgh, and defiring him

to communicate it to the Lords, Minifters, and

others of that Affemb.ljv

A NAR-

^/ENGLAND. 373

A NARRATIVE of the Proceedings of the PARLIA- An. 24 Car. j
MENT of England in the Work of Reformation, 1648.
and of their Refolutions to maintain the Govern- v v • — •'
ment of the Kingdom eftablijhed by Law, and of Au8uft'
their ^ Endeavours for Settlement of the Peace, and
Prefervation of the Union, between the two King-
dims of England and Scotland (£).

\/\7 E the Commons affembled in the Parlia- ,
VV ' ment of England, taking it into our Con- Sec'SlAf-
iideration, That however the late Pofleffirjo- of^bJyofthe
Berwick and Carlifle, and the Coming of °the ,Church of ScoN
Scots Army and Forces into this Kingdom, be Declaration '-"
moft notorious and unparalleled Breaches of the their <*»«
Solemn League and Covenant j and the many °f Eflitci'
Treaties, national Agreements, and Acts of Par-
liament, paiTed both in England and Scotland:
' Yet, becaufe we are aflured thefe impious and
unwarrantable Actions cannot be done With the
Approbation and Confent of the religious and
well-affected People of the Kingdom of Scotland -t
and that we underftand there are very few amcnnft
thofe who are in this Engagement againft iis, that
nrft engaged with us in the Covenant and Caufe ;
but fuch as have been profeffed Enemies to them,
however they be now content to pretend there-
unro, that they may the better deceive the People
of this Kingdom : We are unwilling to impute
fuch Evils to the Nation in general, but to thofe
Perfons that own and appear in them ; whom we
are confident God, that hath ftill fo rerparkabl"
mamfefted hisDifpleafure againft Truce-breakers,
in his due Time will judge, whatever we may
fuffcr in the mean while.

' Therefore we now fend to you, that it may ap-
pear we will nor, by any Provocation, be induce^
to withdraw ourfelves from thofe in Scotland who
retain their former Principles ; and ftill own the
Caufe wherein we have, with a Bleffing from
Heaven, been fo long engaged andfolemnly united.
A a 3 And

(4) Printed by Edward Kujtand's, printer to the Hcncu able
Woufeot Commons, Atgufl1> 1648.

374 The Parliamentary HISTORY

An. a4 Car. I. < And becaufe the Enemies thereof have been

l6*!L__j ' verX induftrious in profecuting a Defign to hinder

Auguft. ' tne Work of Reformation in this Kingdom, by

4 raifing many Scandals and Reproaches upon the

' Parliament ; and by unworthy Infinuations of

' their Ends and Intentions, and falfe Reprefenta-

' tions of their Actions and Proceedings, which

* they have framed fuitable to the feveral prefent
' ftirring Diftempers, the better to foment Pif-
' contents in all Sorts cf People againft them \

* charging them, That they do not intend a,ny
' Thing in the Work of Reformation, though they
« do more malign what they have done already

* than defire they (hould do more ; that they have

* aPurpofe to alter the Government of the King-

* dom ; that they are Enemies to Peace, and to

* the Union of the Kingdoms, and fuch like :

* Therefore, that by fuch Practices neither you
' may be abufed nor we further wronged, we have

* thought fit, for the necefTary Vindication of the

* Parliament, to give you, in the fit ft Place, a
« fhort View, how far, through the Afliftance of
' Almighty God, to whom alone be the Glory,

* the two Houfes of Parliament have proceeded in

* the Work of Reformation, notwithftanding the

* Oppofition of the Enemies to Truth ; and the
' great Dangers and Difficulties which have been
' raifed to hinder them, by the Force and Power,

* Plots and Defigns, of the Popifli, Prelatical, and
' Malignant Party in this Kingdom, with whom
' the Scots Army are now joined in Forces and
' Counfels.

' It is very well known how great a Party in this

* Kingdom were engaged for upholding of Prela-

* cy ; yet the Parliament, notwithftanding all Dif-
' couragements and Hazards to themfelves, have
' taken away and extirpated that Government,

* fo difagreeable to what is pra<£tifed in other Re-
' formed Churches, and prejudicial to the Power
' of Godlinefs.

' And becaufe the Peace of the Church, and

* Power of Religion, cannot Icn^ continue without

<gocd

of ENGLAND.

' good Order and Difcipline eftablifhed therein ; An.

* they called an AfTembly of godly, learned, and
' orthodox Divines from all Parts of the Kingdom,
' with whom fome Commiffioners of the Church
' of Scotland joined, to fit at Weflminfter \ and, af-

* ter Confultation had with them, both Houfes
4 took away the Service- Book, commonly called

* The Book of Common-Prayer, and eftablifhed a

* Dfretforyfor Worjbip; commanding the Practice
4 of it in all the Churches and Chapels of this

* Kingdom : And, in.fbad of Epifcopacy, they have
*. fc* up Presbyterian Government in the Church,

* which is already fettled in many Parts of the

* Kingdom; and do, by God's Afliftan.ce, refolve

* to purfue the further Perfecting and Eftablifhing

* of it in all Parts, both in England and Ireland.

* They have approved and pnfTed The ConfiJJion of

* Faith,, or Articles of Ghrijlian Religion, as it came
4 from the Aflembly of Divines, wi:th fome final!

* Alterations ; only fome fmall Part is yet under
4 Confideration, the reft being printed and publifh-

* ed by Authority of Parliament.

4 They have pafled a Greater and Leffcr Cate-

* chifm that came from the Aflembly of Divines.

* They have taken away all fuperftitious Cere-

* monies and popifh Innovations.

' They have given Authority for the demolifh-

* ing of all Reprefentations of any Perfons of the

* Trinity, Saint, or Angel j and taking away all

* Altars, Crofles, Crucifixes, Pictures, and all
' other Monuments of Idolatry and Superftition in

* any Church, Chapel, or Place, within this King-
' dom.

'. They have pafled an Ordinance for the punifh-

* ing of Blafphemies and Herefies,

* They have pafled an Ordinance for ejecting

* fcandalous Minifters and School-Makers ; and

* thereupon have removed many, in whofe Stead
' they have placed godly and able Men.

4 They have pafled an Ordinance, That none-

* fhall enter into the Work or the Miniftry, but

* fuch as are or-Jained thereto.

A a 4 < They

ffie Parliamentary HISTORY

' They have siyen all the Encouragement, and
made the beft Prcvifion, they could rV,r the Main-
tenr.nce of a godly Preaching Miniftry, thro' the
JCingdom; not only in removing the Ignorant and
4 Scandalous, but in augmenting the Maintenance
' of painful Minifters, both out of the Impropri-

* ations of Bilhops, the Elrates and Revenues of

* Deans and Chapters, and out of the Impropria-
' tions of Delinquents, which they bought out and
' fettled upon Churches that wanted Maintenance,
' to a very great Value.

* They have purged the Univerfuies ?nd chief

* Schools of the Kingdom, which are the Scmina-
' ries of Learning for Educaiiori of Youth, of

* many Heads of Houfes? Fellows and Scholars
' that were Superfticious, Prglatica!? and Malig-
' nant; and have placed, in their Stead, fuc:h as
' are well-affecTttd to Reformation of Religion, and

* to Uniformity with other Reformed Churches.

' Tncy have paffed feveral Orcir.;:nces for the
' better Obfervation of the Lord's Day, and Days
' of public Faft and Thankfgiving ; they have

* condemned all licentious Practices upon thofe
' Days, and have ordered the Books, formerly vviit-
' ten in Favour of them, to be publickly burnt.

' They have pafft-d an Ordinance for fuppreffing

* all Stage-Plays and Interludes, the Nurferies of
' Vice and Profanenefs.

' And although we maft needs fays, That the
1 greateft Let and Impediment which wev have met

* with, in fettling the Reformation of Religion ac-

* cording to the Covenant, hath come from his
' Majefty ; (who, by his refufing hitherto to grant

* our Defires for the taking away of Epifcopacy

* and the Service- Book, and to fettle the Directory

* for Worfhip and Prelbyterian Government ; and,
' by denying his Concurrence to eftablifli them by

* A61 of Parliament, hath given great Qccafion to

* Men of unfound Judgmejits, to fpread their Opi-r
' nions and Errors, which is not unufual inTirrcs

* of Reformation when the Settling of jt is long de~
! Uyed ; and further, by his declaring in his late

of E N G L A N D. 377

1 Meflage from the IHe of Wight, That he thinks An. 24 Car. I.
bimfelf obliged, both as a Chri/lian and as a King,
to employ whatever Power God Jfaall put into bis
Hand for the upholding of Epifcopacy, hath given

* great Encouragement to the Popilh, Malignant,
' and Prelatical Party to endeavour, by Plots and

Defigns, and now again by open Force, the re-
introducing of Epifcopacy and the Service-Book ;
"* which, by the Conjunction of the Scots Army with
4 their Forces, they have now great Hopes to ef-

* fed j) yer, by God's Affiftance who hath helped
' us hitherto, it fnall be our Care and Endeavour,
1 againft all Dangers and Difcouragements what-

foever, to proceed in the Work of Reformation
until it be perfected.

* For other Things wherewith we are commonly
4 afperfed ; as, That we fhould have Infarctions to

* alter the Fundamental Government of this King-
x dom, both Houfes have endeavoured fo to ftop

* the Mouth of Malice, by declaring feveral Times
1 formerly, and fo late as the 6th of May laft,
4 That they will not alter the Gsixrnment by King,

* Lords, and Commons j that we lhall need fay no

* more of it.

4 And for our Defires of Peace, our feven fe-

* veral Addrefibs to the King, with Proportions

* for a fafe and well-grounded Peace, will fuffici-

* ently fpeak for us : And although the feveral De-
' nials which we have received from his Majefly

* formerly, and the prefent Preparations for War
4 by the Malignant Party of both Kingdoms under

* Pretence of Peace, might wholly diicourage us ;

* yet we, notwithftanding all the Hazards that may

* attejid it, have now again agreed to try whether
' a Peace can be fettled by a Treaty with his Ma-

* jefty jn the Ifle of Wight, upon the Propofitions

* presented to him at Hampton-Court; wherein ws
f fhall, by the Help of God, approve ourfelves fuch

* as are both defirous of a firm Peace, and mindful

* of the Truft repofed in us by the People of this

* Kingdom, for the fecuring of Religion and theif

* Liberties,

*The Parliamentary HISTORY

* As for our Defires to preferve the Union and
brotherly Agreement betwixt the Kingdoms, we
fhaH not here fay much about it ; becaufe the
' whole Tranfaclion betwixt our Commiffioners

* and the Parliament, and Committee of Eftateaof
*• Scotland will be printed (/;) ; wherein it will ap-

* pear what was offered, in order to give them real
' Satisfaction in our Engagements to them for the

* Service of their Armies in England and Ireland,.
' to which we could never get any Anfwer ; and

* what they demanded in the Name and by the
8 Command of both Houfes, from the Parliament
' and Committee of Eftates of Scotland, concern-

* ing feveral Englijh Delinquents and Incendiaries

* then in Scotland, which, by Treaties and Acts of
' Parliament parted in both Kingdoms, ought to

* have been delivered to be tried in the Kingdom
' of England; but inftead of giving them up, they
6 were countenanced and encouraged, confulted

* and agreed with, to feize and hold the Towns cf
' Berwick and Carlljle in the Kingdom of England \

* which by Acts of Parliament, and feveral Trea-

* ties and Agreements of both Kingdoms, were not

* to be garrifoned without the Confent of both Par-

* Jiaments.

'And when, in Purfuance of thofe Treaties and

* Agreements, our Commiffioners did declare thofe
c Traitors and Enemies to this Kingdom that had

* gatrifoned them ; and required the like Declara-

* tion from the Parliament and Committee of

* Eftates of Scotland, it would not be aflented un-

* to, although very often prefled ; but, inftead

* thereof, all Manner of Provifions were fent un-

* to the Commanders in thofe Garrifons, though

* many of them notorious Papifts j and they had

* much Freedom and Countenance to their Pro-
4 ceedings by Perfons of eminent Power in Scotland:
4 And whereas, notwithstanding we had Notice
*' there was fome Defign for feizing thefe Towns^
4 which might have been prevented by our timely

* putting

(i) They were printed accordingly by E. Hujbandt j and have been
jjready given in the Courfe of this Woik,

of ENGLAND. 379

c putting Forces into them, yet to avoid the Guilt An« *4 Car- I%
c of Breach of Treaties, we rather refolded to run ^ l6* ' ^

* the Hazard which did enfue, than to bring that Auguft,
' Imputation upon ourfelves. And it now appears,

* that thefe Towns were but taken in Truft to be
4 delivered to the Scots Forces j who, however

* they do publickly declare for Religion and the

* Covenant, yet the Papifts and Delinquents, not
' only in Berwick and Carlijle, but in other Parts

* of the Kingdom, (who arc profefTed Enemies to

* Religion and the Covenant, and o kill, plunder,
*' and purfue thofe who have been faithful in them)
' are io well fatisfied of their Ends and Intentions,

* that they join and hazard their Livei and For-

* tunes with them.

* ' Whilft thefe afore-mentioned Counfels and
? Compliances were thus on foot in Scotland^ with
' thofe that are declared Enemies to the Peace of
' this Kingdom and to the Grounds of the Union
c of both Kingdoms, the Parliament of Scotland
' did fend us a Paper of Defires, dated the 26th of

* April laft, which in the Letter wherein they were

* inclofed are called Demands (which implies a
' Rightfchat upon Examination will not be found j)

* yet the Houfes were fo defirous to give the Par-
^ li ment of Scotland all poflible Satisfaction, that
' they did not take Exception thereunto, nor to

* the Perfon by whom they were fent, who was

* accufed before them for endeavouring the Revolt

* of the Forces under the Lord Inchequin in Ireland^

* which then had happened ; nor did they infift

* upon the firft granting of their afofefaid juft De-
' mands made to the Parliament and Committee of
' Eftates of Scotland; but perceiving fo ft ange an
' Alteration in that Kingdom, they judged it fit for
' them to try, in the firft Place, whether Scotland

* would own the Caufe wherein we had both been,

* engaged ; and therefore (after our Commiflioners
£ had acquainted the Committee of Eftates with
' our Declaration of the 6th of May laft, concern-

* ing our full Refolution to maintain and preferve

* inviolably the Solemn League *nd Covenant, and

4 ' Treaties

380 The Parliamentary H i s T o R Y

a4 c*r. J. « Treaties betwixt the Kingdoms) they did return

; c Anfwer to this Purpofe ; That we did offer to join

"Auguft. * w'lth the Parliament of Scotland, in the Propofi-

* tions prefented to the King at Hampton-Court,
' and in making futh further Proceedings thereupon
1 as /hould be thought Jit for the fpeedy Settlement of

* the Peace of both Kingdoms, and Prefervaiion of

* the Union, according to the Covenant and Treaties ;
4 and when ive Jhould receive their Anfwer thereunto,

* the Houfes would be ready to give further Satisfac-
*• tion in thofe Things which Jhouid not intrench upon

* the particular Interejls of the Kingdom, and Privi-
' leges of the Parliament of England. But to thefc

* all the Anfwer our Commiflioners could obtain
' from the Parliament, or Committee of Eftates,
' of Scotland, was, That they could return us no An-
' fiver, till juji Satisfaction were given to their Dc-

* fires of the ifah of April.

' Afterwards, we agreed upon a Pcrfonal Treaty

* with the King's Majefty upon the Proportions,

* he firft conferiting to Three Propofitions which,

* in Subftance, he had granted in former Mef-

* fages j and the Houfes lent to the Committee of

* Etrates for Scotland to join with themf* and to

* prepare fuch Propofitions as they thought fit for

* that Kingdom : But to this neither we, nor our
' Commiflioners, received any Anfwer until a Scots
' Army had invaded this Kingdom, and then it was
' fent with a Declaration (/) ; of which we will fay
' no more in this Place, but that, confidering they

* were bound by Treaties and A&s of Parliament
4 to give us three Months Warning before their

* making War with us, it had been more honour-
4 able that their Declaration had rather come be-
4 fore, than followed after, their Army,

* By all which, and by their vigorous purfuing
' the raifmg of their Army, before they fent their

* Defires ; and even after, before they knew what
' Anfwer would be returned to them by the Houfes-,

* it doth appear, that this Invafion was intended
4 and refolvul upon, let us fay or do what we

* would ;
(/) This is before given at p. 3 14,

^ENGLAND.

Would ; wherein they havd tod Httle confidered
how many Obligations did lie upon them to the
contrary ; how much this their Engagement tends
to the utter Ruin of poor Ireland^ who, by their
drawing away fo many of the Britl/h and other
Forces to join with them, and difabling us to
fend them Relief, is expofed to imminent Hazard j
how much to the Difhonour and Danger of the
Reformed Religion in all Chrlftendom ; and how
highly the God of Truth and Peace is provoked
by it : All which Evils, feeing we have on our
Parts fo much laboured to prevent, we doubt not
but God will be with us4 and the Prayers of his
People for us : And that thofa who have dealt
falfly in ftriking Hands with the common Ene-
my, to kindle a new Fire betwixt thefe King-
doms, (hall themfelves perifh therein.

H. ELSYNGE,
Clcr. Par!. Dam. Com.

A Member of this Parliament fiyles the forego-
ing Addrefs to the General Aflembly of the Church
of Scotland, from the Houfe of Commons of Eng-
land, a dangerous Precedent to both Kingdoms :
* To make a few ambitious pedantical Churchmen
Supreme Judges over Parliaments and State Affairs,
• in online ad Dcum; and how apt they are, fays he,
to lay hold upon fuch Occafions, and kindle their
Zeal into a confuming Flame, I leave all wife Men
to judge (k). — But as this Motion for making Ap-
plication to the General Afiembly was fet on foot
by the Independents, it fecms a Project to divide;
the Scats Nation, and thereby difable them froai
oppofing the Meafures now plotting againir. die
King's Life, rather than any real Defigns of in*
creating the Power of the Pricfthood.

In the Courfe of this Work we hare given Co-
pies of all the. Letters and, Papers that pafled be-
tween the Parliament of Scotland and the Commit'-

fi oners
(*) Walker's Er t /*,•«</*/•< • -

AuSuft.

382

Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24. Car. I. fioners from that of England, during their Six-
v l6*8' , Months Refidence at Edinburgh. The March of
Auguft. the Scots Army into England having rendered all
further Negotiations unneceflary, the Englijh Com-
CornnvfiLners miffioners applied for a fafe Conduct home ; in Re-
at Edinburgh turn to which they received the following Letter
their from the Earl of Crawford, Lord-Treafurer of
Scotland:

Edinburgh^ July 31, 1648.
Right Honourable,

1AM commanded by the Committee of Eftates,
in anfwer to your Lordfhips Defires of the
igth of this Inftant July, to return to your Lord-
fliips from them the inclofed Pafs ; and when
your Lordfliips (hall be pleafed to acquaint them
with the Time of your parting from hence, they
will be readyj if you infift thereupon, to appoint
a competent Convoy to attend your Lord(hips
for fo much of the Way as you (hall think necefc
fary ; your Lordfliips engaging the Public Faith
of the Kingdom of England for their fafe Re-
turn.

' I am likewife commanded by the Committee
to (hew your Lordfhips, that, by their Orders,
the Towns of Berwick and Carlijle are, for the
Peace of both Kingdoms, fecured from the Sec-
taries ; and that juft Satisfaction being given to
the neceflary Defires of this Kingdom, not only
thefe Towns (hall be put in the Condition they
were in formerly, and their Fortification flight-
ed, but likewife all the Forces of the Kingdom
of Scotland, now in England, (hall immediately be
recalled and return ; and that they will ftill in-
violably obferve, on their Parts, the Union and
brotherly Correfpondence betwixt the King-
doms.

' The Committee having employed one Mr.
Thomas Ha'iburton, about a Month fmce, to go to
London as a public Servant of theirs, they have
commanded me to (hew your Lordfhips their
Defire that no Let nor Hinderance be offered to

4 him

of ENGLAND1. 383

c him in his Return, which would be contrary to An. 24 car. I.

* the Law of Nations, and to their Expectations. ^^ ^

* I fhall add nothing from myfelf, but that I am, Augoft.

My Lords,
Tour Lordjbips mojl bumble Servant,

CRAWFORD and LINDSAY.

The Englljh Commiffioners Anfwer to the Lorcf-
Treafurer's Letter winds up this tedious and fruit-
lefs Negotiation between the Parliaments of both
Kingdoms.

Edinburgh, Augujl i, 1648.

Right Honourable,

* "\\1 E received yours of the 31 ft of July, and And ufce theJr

W to that Part thereof which concerns pub- Leave of .the
lie Bufinefs, we cannot give your Lordfhip any cotspa
Anfwer, but have thought good to let your Lord-
fhip underftand, that an Order is come to our
Hand, dated July 22, 1648, by which we are
recalled, and thereby our Powers of any further
Tranfa&ion of Bufinefs with your Lordfhip,
otherwife than in order to our Return, we con-
ceive are determined ; as to that Part wherein
your Lordfhip hath been pleafed to manifeft your
Care for our fafe Pafs and Convoy, we return
your Lordfhip Thanks* We are,

Tvly Lord,
Tour Lord/iip's moft hiuxbk Servant's,

NOTTINGHAM, ROE*. GOODWYN,

BRYAN STAPYLTON, JOHN BIRCH.

On the 4th of this Month a very remarkable
Debate happened, relating to the Prince of Wales.
The Sheriffs of London had prefented to the Houfe
of Commons the Copy of a Letter fent from his
Highnefs to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com-
rnon'-Council of that City, with a Declaration cx-

prelling

3 84 *The Parliamentary H r $ T 6 R Y

An. 14 Car. I. prefling the Reafons of his appearing on board the
ih48' Fleet, both which we have before given at large:
Auguft ^0 tnefe were annexed the Copy of another Letter
from his Highnefs, addrefied to the Company of
Merchant - Adventurers of England, informing
them, That he had detained three of their Ships,
but without any Intent to make Prize of them ; de-
firing to borrow 20,000 /. to be repaid out of the
Cufroms ; and requiring their fpeedy Anfwer.

The Citizens being withdrawn, Mr. djbe moved
That the Common-Council and Merchants {hpuld
be forbid to give any Anfwer to the Prince's Let-
ter; for that, as he had engaged himfelf to the States
of the Low-Coithtries to do no Act prejudicial to
Trade, there was no Danger of his making Prize
of the Ships he had flopped, though the 20,000 /.
(hould not be fent as defired.

Colonel Harvey^ after aggravating many Faults

in the King's Government, faid, The Prince was

his Father's own Son, as like him as could be.

Sir Peter Wentwortb urged, That he had animated

the Scots to make the prefent Invafion ; and that*

by his Letter to the City* he had openly declared

for them. To this Mr. Knightley adding, That

the Prince had formerly been in Arms sgainft the

Bebate on a Mo- Parliament, and was but a Subject, Mr. Blacki-

tion fordeclanngyfc/z moved, That the Houfe fnould declare him

Wa£TLbd a Rebel and a Traitor : But this Motion j though

and a Traitor, earneftly infifted on, was laid by for the following

Reafons :

1. ' That they had not the Originals of the
Prince's Letter and Declaration, but only Copies,
net fo much as attefted upon Oath by any authentic
Clerk ; therefore rio legal Proceeding could be had
upon them (/).

2. 4 To vote the Prince a Traitor the fame Day
that they fent Meffengers to invite the King, his
Father, to a Treaty of Peace, would argue no
peaceable Inclination in them, and would be fo
underftood bv the People.

3. 'They

(1} The Originals were then in Tofleffion of the Houfe of Lords,
who foon after fcac tiiem to the> Cwnmcr.s, as appears by their

of ENGLAND. 385

3. ' They were engaged by the Nati< nal Cove- An. »4 Car. I.
tfant to defend the King's Perfon, Cio.vn, and l64_^
Dignity; but the Prince, Heir Apparent to his
Crown, was, next under God, the chief Supporter
of his Crown and Dignity ; therefore to vote him
a Traitor, was to fubvert his Crown and Dignity.
, 4. ' By the Statute of the 1 5th of Edward III.
// is High Treafon to endeavour the Dejlritftion of the
Prince, the King's eldeft Son : But to declare him a
Rebel and a Traitor, was to endeavour to deftroy
him ; and therefore High Treafon.

5. * The People were already jealous that the
King and his Pofterity {hould be laid by, and in
them the Monarchical Government of this Nation
fubverted, and a new Form of Government intro-
duced ; they had already, by the Votes of No dd-
drejjes to the King, and by their Declaration againft
him, (wherein they fay, They can no longer confide
in him) laid by the King; and now, to vote the
Prince a Rebel and a Traitor, was to lay by both
him and his Brother the Duke of York, who adheres
to hi n, which would exceedingly confirm thfc
People in their Fears.'

Though this Motion for declaring the Prince of
Wales himfelf a Rebel and a Traitor, for taking
Arms againft the Parliament, mifcarried in the
Houfe of Commons ; they neverthelefs pafled a
Vote denouncing that Cenfure againft the Subjects
cf this Kingdom who {hould adhere to or aflift him
in the prefent War, either by Sea or Land ; and
that all fuch ought to be proceeded againft as Trai-
tors : They alfo made an Order forbidding the
City and the Merchant-Adventurers to give any
Arifwer to the Prince's Letter, without the Con-
fent of that Houfe ; whereby they moft effectually
prevented the Loan he defired of 2O,ooo/.

This Conduct of the Houfe of Commons to-
wards the Prince of Wales, gave him fufficient Evi-
dence how little Favour he had to expect from that
Quarter, and feems to have induced him to make
his Application to the other Houfe. For,

VOL. XVII. B b An*.

The Parliamentary HISTORY

Aug. 8. The Speaker of the Houfe of Lords ac-
quainted them with a Letter ferit to him from his
Highnefs, which was read as follows :

To our Right Trufty and Right Well-beloved Coufm,
/^SPEAKER of the Houfe of PEERS for the
Time being.

CHARLES Pr.

Right Trufty and Right Well-beloved Coufm,

we greet you well.

YTNderftanding, with great Contentment, that both
Letter to tne ^ Houfes of Parliament have refolved upon a Per-
Houfe of Lords, y^/ <freaiy with his Majejly, on fame of the Particu-
SiSffor aMC" h™ exPreJJed by us in our Declaration of the 2()th of
Pwee? °J July la/!, as moji conducing to the Settlement^ of a

ble/ed Peace ; we have thought ft to acquaint you
•with our Senfe and Defires concerning the fame, to the
end that they may be communicated by you to the Houfe
of Peers from us.

Firft, We propose, that the Treaty be appointed to
be in fitch Place and Manner as may be ft cohfijl with
the Honour, Freedom, and Safety of his Majejly;
whereby the Agreement to be made may not be blemijhed
with the Face of Rcjlraint.

Secondly, That the Treaty may be between his
Majejly and his Kingdoms of England and Scotland,
fa as the Matters in Difference may equally fall un-
der the Confederation of all Perfons concerned there-

1 'Thirdly, That, during the faid Treaty, there may
'be a general Ceffation of Arms ,- to the end that the
Affections of the People, though engaged in feveral
Parlies, may thereby be prepared to meet in Amity
and brotherly Kindnefs ; and that no intervening Oc-
cidents or Sttccefs may diflurb the Proceedings in this

Laftly, That an orderly moderate Subfi/lance, dur-
ing the Treaty, be agreed upon for all Armies and
' 'Forces 'now on foot, and particularly for the bco

^ENGLAND. 387

Army, in fucb Manner as may be with lea/1 PreJJure An. 24 car. I«
en the Northern 'Counties. l6*8' t

If the two ffoufes Jhall think Jit ia confint to the AU" uft
Effefl of what we now propound, as proper to render
this Treaty effetfual, we Jhall^ with great Joy and
Alacrity, interpofe our Mediation to the King our Fa-*
thcr, for the obtaining of all fuch Cowcejfions and Atts
of Grace, as, by the Bluffing of God, may moji con-
duce to a firm and lofting Peace, and the Happinefs of
his Majejfy and all his People.

We further defire you to -propound to the Houfe of
Peers, That fame equal. Courfe may be fuddenly fettled
far the Support of us, and the Navy with us, whereby
we may be enabled to protaft the Trade of the King-
dom, and may forthwitJ) dif charge ail Ships and Mer-
chandizes now flayed by us:

. Given under our Hand and Seal, frorh on board
the Fleet in the Do^uns, the fifth Day of Au~
gujl^ in the 24th Year of the Reign of the
King our Royal Father.

Mr. Pooly, who brought this Letter from (he
Prince, was ordered to attend the Houfe, de Die
in Diem, for an Anfwer.

The fame Day the following Petkion was prc-
fented to the Lords, and read :

To the Right Honourable the LORDS in Parliament

The HUMBLE PETITION of the Lord Mayor, Al-
dermen^ and Commons of the City of London, in
Common-Council ajjembled,

Sheweth,

* r'M * HAT your Petitioners, being deeply. fen- A peHtion t»

* A fible of the fad, miferable, and deplorable both Houfes

* Condition of the King, Parliament, and King- [3^^^

* dom, by the long Continuance of a bloody Pcrfcna'i Treaty
' and unnatural War, whereof they had yreat with the Kin§>

« Hopes to be freed after the common EnmySi^SriH

B b 2 4 WaSvances,

3S8

An. 24 Car. I.
164?.

The Parliamentary HISTORY

was fubdued, the Army of our Brethren of
Scotland withdrawn, and the Kind's Majefty
placed at Holdenby by Confent of both Kingdoms,
in order to a happy Compofure of all Differences j
both in Church and State; but, contrary to Ex-
pectation, your Petitioners, to the great Grief
and Sorrow of their Souls, do find the Govern-
ment of the Church to be ftill unfettled ; Blaf-
phemy, Herefy^ Schifm, and Profanencfs in-
creafed ; the Relief of bleeding Ireland obftruct-
ed j the War, to their great Aftonifhment, re-
newed ; the People of England thereby miferably
impoverifhed and opprefled ; the Blood of our
Fellow- Subjects f'pilt like Water upon the
Ground ; our Brethren of Scotland now entered
into this Kingdom in an hoftile Manner ; his
Highnefs the Prince of Wales commanding at Sea
a confiderable Part of the Navy, and other Ships
under his Power, having already made Stay of
many Englljh Ships with Merchandize and rro-
viiions to a very great Value : By reafon where-
of Navigation will be deftroyed ; Seamen defert
us ; the Merchants inforced to leave off Trading ;
Clct'iing and other Manufactures of this King-
dom fall to the Ground ; Wool, which is the
Staple Commodity of the Land, remains unfold ;
the Mint ftands ftill ; the Cuftoms and other Pro-
fits by Merchandize will be very much abated, if
not utterly dtftroyed ; Coal,' Salt, Corn, Fifh,
Butter, Cheefe, and all other Provifions brought
by Sea to this City and Kingdom, flopped ; the
innumerable Number of the poorer Sort, depend-
ing only upon Manufacture, wanting Work and
Bread, will, as is greatly to be feared, in a very
flicrt Time, become tumultuous in all Parts of
the Kingdom ; and many be enforced to remove
themfelves and Families into foreign Pai ts, where
they will fettle the Manufactures of this Kingdom
never to be regained : All which will unavoidably,
in a very fhort Time, totally ruin the People of
this Kingdom,

« Y&ur

of ENGLAND. 389

' Your Petitioners humbly conceive no vifible An- ** Car- I*
4 Way can prevent the apparent Ruin of thefe L l648'

* Kingdoms, but the fpeedy Freeing of his Ma-

* jefty from that Reftraint wherein he now re-
' mains ; and, by a Perfonal Treaty, reftoring to
' the King his juft Rights ; to the Parliament their
' undoubted Privileges ; to the People their native
' Freedom and Benefit of the Laws, being the

* Birth-right of every Subje£t ; and, by the due
' Attendance of the Members of Parliament, in

* the Difcjiarge of their Truft to the Kingdom,
v and in obferving the Selfdenying-Ordinance (a].

* The Premifes confidered, your Petitioners
' humbly pray that the King's Majefty may be
' fpeedily freed from that Reftraint wherein he now

* remains, and humbly invited to a Perfonal Treaty
e for fettling of a fafe and well-grounded Peace ;
c and ^at therein the Union between the two
' Kingdoms may be preferved ; that, in the Inte-
' rim, all Ads of Hoftility, both by Sea and Land,

* may, by Command from the King and Parlia-
c ment, ceafe, and Trade be free without any Iiv
« terruption ; that the Government of the Church

* may be fpeedily fettled according to the Cove-
' nant ; diftrefTed Ireland relieved ; the People of

* the Land, by difbanding all Armies, may be

B b 3 « eafed

((i] A Motion had been made, on the 4th of this Month, for re-
viving the Ordinance againft Places of Profit being held by Members
of Parliament. The Occafion of which was this : It being propped,
That Thurfday the tenth of Auguft might be appointed a Day of Hu-
miliation for the late unfeafonable Weather, 'his Motion was fe-
conded in a farcafrical Manner to this Fffecl: « Mr Speaker, I
like the Motion well, fo it be done with d-.:e Preparation, elfe it
may bring a Curfe inflead of a Biefling ; and the only Preparative to
agoodFaft, is firfl to faft from f.trifc, Envy, M.ilice V ' he. Ambi-
tion, vain Glory, Hypccr.ly, Uncharitablc-nefs and Covetoulnefs :
And, in order to this, J profound that the Self denying Ordinance
may be reinforced ; and that all Members who enjoy great Offices,
contrary to thai Ordinance, may quit them accordingly, that fo the
Houfe may once ftand upon equal Feet.'

Merc. Pra^. N°. zo.

A Day was appointed accordingly to take this Matter into Confi«
deration, but poftponed, from Time to Time, and at hfl quite laid
afide ; moft of the Members having very goi d Reafur.s for dropping
fiich an Enquiry, as will appear by the Lift of Offices they
tb'be added in 'the Appendix to this Work.

Aupculh

The Lords An-
fwer.

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eafed of their intolerable Burthen ; the Liberties
of the Subjecl reftored, and the Laws of the Land
eftablifhed ; the Members of this Honourable
Houle injoincd to attend the Service of the King-
dom ; th.it the Selfdenying-Ordinance mny be ef-
fedtually obferved ; and this Honourable Houfe
would be plcafed fpeedily to take into their fericus
Confideraiion the fad Condition of fuch Mer-
clvnts, whofe Ships and Goods are under the
Power of that Fleet which is now with his
Hi .hnefs the Prince of Wulcs ; and fuddenly to
find out fomc Expedient for their Relcafement (£).
And your Petitioners^ as b&und, fosll ever pray.
MITCHELL.

To this Petition the Lords returned the follow-
ing Anfwer by their Speaker :

e J * H E Lords have commanded me to let you
4 M know, that they do thankfully accept the
4 often renewed Expreflions of your ardent Zeal

* and Care, that all poffible Means fhould be ufed
4 for the procuring a fafe and well-grounded Peace.
4 Wherein they do fo far fympathize with your De-
4 fires, thai they do affure you, you may, writh all
4 Confidence, expect their conftant an ! induftrious
4 Employment of their utmoft Endeavours for the
4 obtaining fo great a BlcfTing, whereunto they
4 hope Almighty God will give a happy Succefs.

* And for the Particulars contained in your Peti-
4 tion, they wi'l take them into fpeedy Confide-
4 ration, that you may reap all Satisfaction and
e Contcntrr.cm thereby, fo far forth as lies in their
4 Powers ; as they are bound in their Duty they
4 owe to the Common- wealth, and as they are
4 obliged to the renowned City of London for their

* incelfar.t Demon ft ration of their Affection and

4 Service

(i) Mr. T!'b:t''.cle write;, ' That one of thefe Ships was taken by
the Lord lr~ilMg!:hy of Pu'bam, Vice Admiial of the Prince's
FLet; and had in her near 2C,oco/. in Gold, which /he brought
. from Guinty, the Property of Rtivland Wiifcn and Company.

M(msriaist p. 322*

of ENGLAND;

' Service to the Parliament ever fince the Begin- Ar

* niug of thefe unhappy Diftradtions/

Auguft.

The foregoing Petition did not meet with fo
courteous a Reception from the Commons, to Debate there,
whom it was prefented the fame Day ; for as foon "P°n m the
as it was read there, Mr. Weaver ftood up and ^ C°m"
faid, ' The Citizens were become malignant, and
that it was apparent by their Petition they intend-
ed to defert the Parliament.' Col. Harvey added,

* That he could affirm, of his own Knowledge,
this Petition was driven on by many Common-
Council Men, who had never done any good Ser-
vice for the Parliament ; yet he would not deny
that there were many very godly Men who had a
Hand in it; but thofe honeft godly Men were fooled
by a Company of Knaves.' To this Sir Benjamin
Rudyard anfwered, ' Mr. Speaker, we have fat
thus Ions;, and are come to a fine Pafs ; for the
whole Kingdom is now become Parliament all over,
The Army hath taught us a good while what to
do, and would ftill teach us what we {hall do ; the
City, Country, and Reformadoes teach us what we
fhould do ; and all is,becaufe we ourfelves know not
what to do. Some Men are fo violent and ftrong in
thejr own Conceits, that they think all others difho-
neft which are not of their own Opinion ; but he
that calls me Knave, becaufe I differ from him in
Opinion, is the verier Knave of the two.' At
length it was refolveg! to call in the Petitioners, and
the Speaker told them, * That when the Houfe re-
ceived their Petition, they were in Debate of Mat-
ters of great Concernment, and were alfo engaged
in a Conference with the Lords j yet they had
taken their Petition into Confideration ; which
containing many Things of very high Concern-
ment, both to the Kino;, Parliament, City, and
Kingdom, they would give them an Anfvver
thereunto the next Day in the Afternoon.'

Prefently after this a Petition from the Refer- An<5 on another
madoes, faid to be fubfcribed by 8coo Perfons-, Petition from
confiding of many Knights, Colonels, and OfH- t<J.eesRcformar
B b 4 cers

39 2 7& Parliamentary HISTORY

An. 24. Car. I. Cers of Quality, was prefented to the Commons,

t *648' j praying, <• That there might be a fpeedy, free, and

Auguft. * perfonal Treaty, according to the Defires of the

c City; that their Accounts might be {rated without

* Delay ; that they might have Intereft for their Ar-
' rears ; that thofe imprifoped for Debt might be

* fet at Liberty, and the reft protected till the Pay-
4 ment of their Arrears ; that they might have three

* Months Pay according to the Ordinances of the
4 1 5th, i6th, and 21 ft of June, 1647 ; and prefent
4 vifible Security for the Remainder thc-reof.'

The Petitioners being withdrawn, Alderman Pen-
ington faid, ' He was ferry to fee his Brethren of
the City and the Reformadoes to be all one in Ma-
lignancy ; adding, That thofe two Petitions of the
Soldiers and the City made both but one Plot.'
Mr. Fen faid, 4 He was told they had been laying
their Heads together a Week fmce ; and he was
confident that, in the End, they woultTall join to-
gether againft the Parliament.' However, the Pe-
titioners being called in, received the following An-
fwer from the Speaker : ' Gentlemen, The Houfe
The Anfwcr of < has confidered of your Petition : And as your
theretr*0"3 ' Jud§ments have Allowed theirs heretofore, fo
' you will make that your Rule ftill. 7'hey have
'•done whatpoffib-ly they could, to fatisfy the Peti-

* tioners Arrears ; and, for a great Part thereof, have

* given them the fame Security that the Lord Fair-

* fax's Army had their Arrears fecured : And they
« hr.ve further ordered, That all fuch Delinquents
' Eftates, P'ines, and Compofitions, as the Peti-
' tioners fhall difcover, that are not difcovered,
4 fhall go to fuch of the Petitioners as fhall make
4 fuch Difcoveries, towards Payment of their whole

* Arrears : And have further ordered, That the
4 Fifth and 7'wentieth Part of fuch Delinquents
4 as the Petitioners fhall difcover, not formerly

* difcovered, fhall nlfo go towards Payment of the
4 Arrears of the Petitioners : And the Houfe have

* alfo appointed a Committee to confer with fome
4 of you for a Way to give you further Satisfac-
t tion.'

Aug.

of ENGLAND. 393

Aug. 9. Mr. Swinfen reported an Anfwer to the An- «4 Car. I,

Petition prefented by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, ( ^^J ,

and Common-Council, as follows : Auguft.

4 The Houfe of Commons have confidered of And to the Pe-
e the Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Jj™ from the
' Commons of the City of London^ in Common-
4 Council aflembled, prefented to them Augufl 8,
4 1648 : And, upon ferious Debate had thereupon,
' they have thought fit to acquaint the Common-
' Council, That they have parted an Ordinance
4 for the fettling of Prefbyterian Government: And
4 therein (upon Review of all their former Ordi-
4 nances)' they have perfected and compiled the
4 fame in one entire Body : And, for the obtaining
' a fafe and well-grounded Peace, they have refol-

* ved upon a Treaty with the King in the Ifle of

* Wight ^ upon the Propofitions formcily agreed
4 upon, and prefented to the King at Hempion-
4 Gaurt, and for taking aw^y Wards and Liveries,
4 and alfo upon fuch other Propofitions as (hall hs
4 propounded, either by his Majefty or both Houfes
4 of Parliament ; and that the King make Choice
4 of what Place 'he pleafeth in that Ifland, to be
' there with Freedom, Honour, and Safety, to treat

* perfonally with the Commiflioners of Parliament:

* And the Committee, wbich they have fent to
4 prefcnt this Offer, are now with his Majefty.

' c Concerning the feizing of Ships and Goods of

* the Merchants of the City of London^ and the

* Decay and Obftrudion of the Tra'de of the King-
4 dom, by the revolted Ships that lie in the Downs,
4 the Houfe is deeply fenfible thereof; and have
4 done what lies in them for reducing thofe Ships

* to their due Obedience to the Parliament, by of-

* fering them Indemnity fpr their Offence, and

* Payment of the Mariners Arrears, upon their
4 Submiflion ; and by fending the Earl of War-

* wick^ Lord Admiral, with Power to command
4 the reft of the Navy to reduce thofe Ships bjr

* Force, if they refufe the Pardon offered them :
? Which might have proved an effectual Means,

* before

394

An. 24. Car. I

ffbe Parliamentary HISTORY

before this Time, to have prevented the Lofs. z\-.
ready fufrcred, and to have fecured the Trade of
the Kingdom, had not the Going-out of the
Fleet been retarded by the Backwardnefs and
Treachery of divers, who have fecrctly complied
with the late Defection of the Navy : And, that
the Houfe may manifeft their earned Defires to
entertain any further Means i:or their more fpeedy
and certain effecting of this Work, of fo necef-
fary Importance to the Honour and Welfare of
this Nation, they have appointed a Committee
to treat with the Merchants that are moft con-
cerned therein, to receive their Advice, and to
know what Aids they will contribute to the clear-
ing of the Seas : And their Readinefs therein,
as it will return abundantly to their own Advan-
tage, fo it will be embraced, as a moft accept-
able Service to the whole Kingdom, by this
Houfe.

' As to the Scots Army, which have in hoftile
Manner invaded this Kingdom ; are pofleffed of
Berwick and Carlijle^ contrary to the Treaties
betwixt the Kingdoms ; and do join themfelves
with the Popifh and Malignant Party in the
North; the Houfe of Commons have declared
them Enemies to this Kingdom ; and that all
thofe Englijh or Irijh^ as voluntarily adhere unto
them, are Traitors and Rebels, and to be pro-
ceeded with accordingly : And they refolve, by
God's Affiftance, to adhere and. profecute this
their Refolution : And, upon the neceflary
Grounds thereof, they do expect the hearty Con-*
currence and Affiftance of the City of London, as
of the reft of the Kingdom ; notwithftanding all
the fecret Plots and Endeavours of the Scots Emif-
faries, or the Agents of the Popifh and Malignant
Party of this Kingdom, to the contrary,'

This Draught being read, a Member objected
to it, faying, "c He hoped that Copy muft not pafs
for an Anfwer ; for, as he remembered, the City
Petition confifted of at Icaft a Dozen Particulars,

anci

rf E N G L A N D. 395

a«cl this Anfwer mentioned only fome of them, An. 24 Car. I.

and thofe of the leaft Moment. It gave no An- ( ^6^ /

fwer to their Dcfires for the difbanding of ail Ar- ' ^^
mies to eafe the Nation of their Burdens ; the re-
itoring the People's Laws and Liberties j the in-
joining all Members to attend the Houfe ; nor the
effectual Obfervation of the Self-denying Ordi-
nance.'

Mr. Hungcrford objected to a Pafiage in this
Anfwer, wherein the Houfe of Commons had de-
clared the Scots Army Enemies to this Kingdom,
and to be proceeded againft as Traitors and Re-
bels ; and that they were refolved to adhere to this
Refolution ; urging, ' That as the Lords had denied
their Concurrence in that Vote, he conceived the
Commons could make no fuch Declaration, nor
aft therein without them.' In anfwer to this Mr.
Reynolds pcfitively affirmed, ' That the Houfe
of Commons, being the Reprcfentative of all the
people, had Power to ac"l without the Lords, for
the Safety of the People, in cafe the Lords defert-
ed th-:ir Truft.' And Mr. Weaver faid, « The
Houfe need not be fo precife in giving an Anfwer
to the City, bccaufe the Citizens did now adhere
to the Lords, and neglect the Houfe of Commons ;
for when it was dcfired lately, at a Common Coun-
cil, that the Originals of the Prince's Letter might
be fent to the Houfe of Commons, a Common-
Council Man flood up and uiid, ' The better Way
was to deliver them to the Lords, becaufe they
were of greater Honour and Power than the Com-
mons, being the higheft Court, and a Court of
Judicature, which the Commons were not ; and
therefore he conceived the Anfwer propofed was

good enough. This the Houfe acquielced in,

and the foregoing Anfwer was ordered to be deli-
vered to the Citizens.

The fame Day, dug. 9. The Lords received a
Letter from the Earl of Mlddlefex, in the Ifle of
Wight., dated the yth. The Purport of it was on-

The Parliamentary^ HISTORY
Car. I. \y to inform the Houfe of their Arrival there, and
that they had prefented the feveral Votes to the

Auguft. KinS' But»

On the 1 4th the Earl of Middlefcx gave the
Lords a more ample Account of his Commiflion,
in htzc Ferba :

The Earl of * f^i N Monday the yth of Augujl we addrefled

™udnfoffXwb1t" ' V* ourfelves to the King, to deliver the feve-

pafled betveen ' ral Votes of both Houfes ; and, after having read

the King and < them, we told his Majefty we had but ten Days

Co^mTiT.onersr ' for goin?> %'ng» and returning. His Majefty

at carifbrcoke'in * was pleafed to afk, Whether the ten Days were

the Ifle of Wight. « not to be accounted from the Delivery of the

' Meflage? we anfwered, No; and that they were

' to be accounted from Friday, the Day of our fet-

* ting forth. The King replied, That he had not

* then five Days for to confider of his Anfwer,

* which he prefumed we expected in Writing,

* adding, That he had none to help him, no not

* fo much as a Clerk to tranfcribe ; however, he

* v/ould really contribute his beft Endeavours to a

* happy Peace. After a ihort Paufe the King faid,

* He would have lent to the Parliament ; and de-

* fired us to take Notice, that his long Silence pro-
' ceeded not from a dull ftupidLazinefs,or his being

* infenfible of his own or the Kingdom's Condi-

* tion ; but from the Incapacity that was put upon
' him by reafon of the former Votes. His Majefty
' further faid, That now there was a Way opened

* to a Treaty, which he ever thought the only
4 Means to a durable Peace, he would chearfully
' embrace it ; and that none fhould more fpeedily
' run to it than himfelf ; and, for his Part, as be-

* ing more concerned than ariy one in the King-
4 dom ; nay, he might fpeak without Vanity (houkl

* he fay more than all, and he hoped it would net be
' thought an hyperbolical Expreffion, being allured

* whoever gained he muft be a Lofer. His Ma-

* jcfty then read the Votes to himfelf \ and, ^s he

' was

tf ENGLAND. 397

* was reading them, faid, He liked them well, his An. »+c
' Defines being included in thefe Votes ; for that . * * - '

* he defired no more than to treat with Honour,
4 Freedom, and Safety upon the Proportions, and

* fuch other Things as either he or the Houfes
' fliould offer. His Majefty then afked, If the
4 Commiflioners were named that were to treat ?
' We anfwered, No. The King faid, In a Treaty
c there were two Things to be